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Rochester 1906 



ROCHESTER CHAMBER 
of COMMERCE 

'Publishers 




Compiled b y 

JOHN M. IVES 

SECRETARY 




President Rochester Chamber 
of Commerce « igo6 



DEC 14 1906 
U. ul- U. 



BIINDEX TO TOPICS 



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Rochester Today .... 

Rochester's Pleasure Resorts 

Moral and Religious Activity 

Hospitals and Schools 

Rochester's Steam and F^lectric Service 

Rochester's Prominent Industries 

Shoe Industry .... 

Nurseries and Milling 

Machinery ..... 

Clothing ...... 

Pianos ...... 

Furniture ...... 

Perfumery, Real Estate, Banks and Post Office 

Buttons, Stoves, Furnaces and Picture Frames 

Rochester's Optical Industry 

A Retrospect of Rochester's Dry (ioods Industry 

Rochester the City 

Hon. James G. Cutler, Mayor 

What to See in Rochester 

More Facts About Rochester 

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Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co. 

Let Us Be Fair .... 

Burke, Fitz Simons, Hone & Co. 

Rochester and Lake Ontario Water Co. 

By-Laws of the Chamber 

Officers for 1906 .... 

Standing Committees for 1906 

Members of Chamber of Commerce 

In Memoriam .... 



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Frontispiece — A Part ol Rochester s Water Power 

Page 

Portrait of President R. A. Badger ..... 2 

Portrait of e.\-President Clinton Rogers .... 4 

Chamber of Commerce Building ..... 8 

Upper Falls of the Genesee River . .10 

Snmmerville, Lake Ontario ...... 12 

Yacht Iroquois ........ 14 

St. Bernard's Seminary ...... 16 

City, Municipal and St. Mary's Hospitals . . .18 

Homeopathic Hospital ....... 20 

The Beautiful Irondequoit Country .... .20 

Lehigh Valley Station ; Highland Park Reservoir . . .22 

General Office Building, Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Ry. . 24 
Views at Kodak Park ....... 26 

General Offices, Eastman Kodak Co. .26 

Looking South from Granite Building . . .28 

Looking East from Powers Building . . . .28 

Summer House, Grounds of Benjamin E. Chase . . 30 

High Water in the Genesee . . . . .32 

Upper and Lower Falls . . . . . .34 

Looking Northeast and .Southeast from Powers Building . 36 

The Aqueduct; The Hiram Sibley Block . . .38 

The Four Corners ; Main Street Looking Easi .40 

Franklin Park . . . . -. . . .42 

Propo-sed Schiller Monument . . .44 

The New West High School ...... 46 

New West Side Department Store . . . .48 

To Hanford's Landing ...... 50 

Hon. James G. Cutler ...... 52 

New Buildings on Site of Big Fire, February 26, 1!K)4 . . 54 

The President Anderson Monument . . . .56 

Sibley, Lindsay & Curr's New Department Store . . .58 

Evolution of the Street Car ..... 61-62-63 

New West Avenue M. E. Church . . ■ .64 

Views in Seneca and Genesee Vallev Park . . .66 



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Abstract Guarantee Co., The 
Alliance Bank 

American Fruit Product Co. 
Archer Manufacturing Co. 
Barker & Jordan 
Barnard & Simonds Co. . 
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. 
Bell Telephone Co. . 
Bonbright & Hibbard 
Brewers Exchange, The 
Brewer, H. S. 
Brewster, Crittenden & Co. 
Brewster, Gordon & Co. . 
Brooks & Murphy 
Brown Brothers Co. . 
Buell, George C. & Co. 
Buffalo, Roch. &- Pittsburgh Ry 
Central Bank, The 
Chamber of Commerce 
City Realty Co. 
Clark, Milton Co. 
Cluett, Peabody & Co. 
Commercial Bank 
Co-Operative Foundry Co. 
Cunningham, James, Son & Co 
Curtice Brothers Co. 
Cutler Manufacturing Co. 
Donoghue Importing Co. 
Dufty INIalt Whiskey Co. 
Eastman Kodak Co. 
East Side Savings Bank 
Edwards Store, The 
Ellwanger & Barry 
Ernst, Louis &- Sons 
Fidelity Trust Co., The 
Ford, C. P. & Co. 



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106 Ford & Enos 

97 Foster-Armstrong Co. 

138 Furlong, Henry M. 

148 Garfield, C. F., Real Estate Co 

158 Genesee Valley Trust Co. 

92 Gottry, Sam, Carting Co. 

150 Graves, H. B. 

152 Ham, C. T., Manufacturing Co 

108 Haskins & Co. 

126 Higgins, Edward F., "49 

138 Howe &' Rogers Co. 

94 Hubbard & Eldredge Co. 

143 Huther Bros. 

108 Ingmire & Thompson 
161 Jeft'reys 

126 Jones Stoker, The 
152 Knowlton, M. D. Co. 

99 Langslow, Fowler Co. 

178 Likly, Henry & Co. . 

114 Lisk Mfg Co., Ltd., The 

165 Mandeville &• King 
129 Mathews & Boucher 

127 McCurdy & Norwell Co. 
89 McGreal Bros. 
92 Mechanics Savings Bank 

109 Merchants Bank 
135 Mohawk Condensed Milk Co. 

166 Monroe County Savings Bank 

144 Moore, John C. Corporation 
113 Morse Lumber Co., Wm. B. 
177 Murphy Automatic Smokeless 
155 Furnace . . . . . 
148 National Bank of Rochester, The 
124 National Bank of Commerce, The 
101 National Casket Co. 

147 N. Y. Hydraulic Press Brick Co. 



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153 

90 
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111 
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158 
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98 
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168 
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149 
115 
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176 
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ROCHESTER 1906 

Index to Aavertisements — Continued 



Old Colony Chair Co. 

Powers Hotel, The 

Present, Philip 

Puddington Fuel Economizer 

Pullman Mfg. Co. 

Reed, E. P. cV Co. . 

Reed Manufacturing Co. 

Rochester Box and Lumber Co 

Rochester Button Co., The 

Rochester Carting Co., 

Rochester Distilling Co. 

Rochester (rerman Insurance Co 

Rochester Railway and Light Co 

Rochester Savings Bank 

Rochester Stamping Co. 

Rochester Telephone Co. 

Roch. Trust & Safe Deposit Co 

Rolfe Electric Co. 

Ross, Lewis P. . 

Schlegel Mfg. Co., Tlie 

Schwikert, Frank <t Son 

Scrantom, Wetmore &• Co. 

Security Trust Co. 

Sen-Sen . . . Bac 

Shantz, M. B. 

Siddons Co., John, The 



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122 Sill Stove Works 
160 Smith, Beir & Gormly 
10)S Smith, ,J. Hungerford Co 

156 Smith, Perkins & Co. 
166 Snow Wire Works Co. 
154 Stecher Lithographic Co. 
163 Stromberg - Carlson Telephone 

166 Manufacturing Co., The 

123 Teall Catering Co., The 
96 Traders National Bank 

140 Trotter, C. W. cV Sons 
1()0 Union and Advertiser Co. 

167 Union Trust Co. 
91 Utz & Dunn 

146 Weaver, Palmer &• Richmond 

124 Weis & Fisher . 

169 Weston. .lohn P. Co. 
151 Wheeler-Cireen Electric Co 

158 Whipple, Geo. C. 
106 Wisner, Henry C. Co. 
178 Woolensak Optical Co. 

170 Woodworth, C. B. Sons Co., The 

141 Vacuum Oil Co. 
Cover \'an Hoesen, F. P. 

157 Yates Coal Co. , The 

159 Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co 



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RocKester s Pleasure Resorts 

The Following is a Summary of Rochester s 
Places ot Summer Diversion : 

Seneca These beautiful grounds are situated at the northeast bound- 
Park ^^y of t'l^ ci'^y ^"'J ^re two hundred and twelve acres in ex- 
tent. The park is divided by the Genesee River and contains 
a long stretch of the canyon which towers imposingly over two hundred 
feet above water level. The park is a series of natural terraces and 
abounds in a great variety of trees, wild shrubs and flowering plants. 
A picturesque lake of about five acres further increases the beauty of the 
landscape. The park contains a large pavilion, zoological gardens, ball 
grounds and broad level fields suitable for all kinds of games and ath- 
letic sports. Band concerts are given every Saturday and Sunday dur- 
ing the summer. 

Highland Though this is the smallest of our parks it is in many 
Park respects the most interesting and beautiful. From the 
pavilion (which was donated to the children of Rochester 
by Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry) a magnificent view of Rochester can 
be obtained. There are over eleven hundred species of shrubs grow- 
ing and in the flowering season the scene is most beautiful. Famous 
horticulturists from various parts of the world have visited Rochester 
for the sake of seeing this collection. 

Maplewood Is situated on the west bank of the Genesee River near 

Park Driving Park Avenue bridge and close to the beautiful 

lower falls. This resort partakes of the character of 

Seneca Park, except that the river bank is more rugged in its beauty. 

The walk to Hanford's Landing is picturesque in the extreme. 

Genesee Consists of three hundred and forty acres of beautifully un- 
Valley dulating ground adorned with groups of shade trees and 
Park here and there woods. There are broad level lawns on 
which sheep, deer and elk wander at will. The park con- 
tains golf links, ball and athletic grounds. Band concerts are given 
here during the summer on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. 

Washington Which is in the nature of a small park is the most 
Square important square in the city and rendered additionally 
interesting from the fact that it contains a handsome 
monument surmounted by a statue of Abraham Lincoln dedicated to 
the Soldiers and Sailors who lost their lives in the Civil War. The 
State Arsenal is situated on the south side of the square while St. 
Mary's Church and Convent occupy the west side. 

Mount Hope Contains many beautiful monuments erected to the 
Cemetery memory of hundreds of Rochester's distinguished citi- 
zens. The grounds are rendered beautiful by the con- 
stant care of landscape architects and it is considered one of the most 
enchanting places of its kind in the Empire State. Many people go 
there in the summer to enjoy the quiet retirement and beautiful vistas. 



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Falls of The upper falls are situated to the south of Piatt Street 

the Genesee bridge which spans the gorge at the height of two 
hundred feet. The falls are ninety-five feet high and 
when the water is high the sight is grand. It was here that the 
famous Sam Patch made his fatal leap in 1825 in the presence of 
a vast crowd. 

The Lower The best place to view the Lower Falls which are 
Falls ninety-six feet high, is from the Driving Park Avenue 
bridge. Looking to the north the visitor has a splen- 
did view of the canyon of the Genesee. To the geologist this locality 
offers much to interest him. The various strata showing the action of 
water through the ages fills the mind with wonder at the processes of 
nature which cut out the deep gorge. The bridge spanning the river 
at this point is two hundred and twelve feet from the river level in 
height. It is nine hundred and ninety feet in length and the third 
longest single span bridge in the world. 

Ontario Is Rochester's great summer resort for the masses. It is 
Beach situated on Lake Ontario about seven and one-half miles 
from the city. The ride there on the trolley cars is a de- 
lightful trip, the route being along Rochester's famous boulevard. 
During the summer season band concerts are given afternoons and 
evenings by bands of national repute and there is a continual round of 
entertainment in the shape of vaudeville shows and popular and spec- 
tacular out-door attractions which change each week. Along the route 
from the city to the lake are some interesting places to be seen from 
the windows of the commodious and comfortable cars which leave Main 
and State Streets every few minutes. The car passes Kodak Park, 
St. Bernard's Seminary, Holy Sepulchre and Riverside Cemeteries. 
After this comes Charlotte village and then Ontario Beach. Along 
the entire route magnificent shade trees abound which help to make 
the ride cool and refreshing on hot summer days. 

Summerville and Summerville is situated on the opposite side of the 
Windsor Beach river from Ontario Beach. This is a beautiful 
resort having a fine bathing beach miles in extent. 
The United States Life Saving Station is situated here and affords 
entertainment by drills, etc., from time to time. The large new club 
house of the Rochester Yacht Club is near by as also the wharves of 
the passenger steamers plying between Canada and Charlotte. 

Adjoining Summerville is Windsor Beach and the White City, the 
latter being a community of summer campers whose rows of white 
tents present a very pretty spectacle. These places can be reached 
from Ontario Beach by crossing the river on the steam ferry boat 
which runs continually during the summer, or the visitor can go by 
the St. Paul Street cars direct from the city. 

Glen This beautiful resort, which takes its name from the great 

Haven Glen in which it is situated, stands at the head of Ironde- 
quoit Bay on the line of the Rochester and Sodus Bay Rail- 
road. It can however be reached by steamer from Ontario Beach to 
Sea Breeze another popular resort, and from thence by steamer on 




Iroquois — Rochester Yacht Club 
Successful Defender Canada's Cup, August 12-18, 1905 



ROCHESTER 1906 15 

Irondequoit Bay. Glen Haven is Rochester's nearest resort and is but 
twenty-five minutes ride from the center of the city. It may be said 
that the summer resort region comprising Charlotte, Ontario Beach, 
Summerville, Windsor Beach and Glen Haven in the east and Rigney's 
Bluff, Buck Pond, Long Pond, Cranberry Pond, Braddock's Bay and 
Manitou on the west, is a vast territory many miles in extent that is. 
devoted exclusivelv to pleasure, sports and summer housing and camping. 
There are hundreds of summer homes of every degree of finish from 
the palatial to the cabin and the tent. 

The ride of some seven miles from Charlotte to Manitou along 
the shore of Lake Ontario is one of the most enjoyable that can be 
found anywhere. Many people make the trip in order to breathe the 
ozone laden air. 

Sodus Prior to the building of the Rochester and Sodus Bay Rail- 
Bay road there were few facilities for reaching this beautiful resort. 
Now it is placed within easy access of the city and the ride 
is one of the most enjoyable "trolley trips" possible to be found any- 
where. The route is by way of Glen Haven and along the shore of 
Irondequoit Bay. Sodus Bay is acknowledged to be the finest present 
harbor on Lake Ontario. It is protected by a splendid breakwater 
built by the Government. As a summer resort it reminds one in many 
ways of the Thousand Islands. Handsome yachts and launches glide 
in and out among the islands and the fishermen's boats are always in 
evidence, for Sodus Bay is the Mecca of Fishermen. 

More Distant There are other summer resorts, which though more 
Resorts distant are within easy reach for Rochesterians, many 
of whom own cottages there. Perhaps the most popu- 
lar is Conesus Lake some thirty-five miles south of our city and 
reached by the Erie Railroad. Many people from Rochester live there 
during the summer, coming in to business daily. A commodious steamer 
plies upon the lake meeting all trains on the Erie Road and making 
trips daily around the lake for the pleasure of visitors. Thp scenery 
is inspiring and the fishing good. 

Hemlock and These lakes are not very far from Conesus and 
Canadice Lake reached by vehicle from the Erie Depot. The scen- 
ery at Hemlock Lake is very striking. The wooded 
hills and vineyards forming a rich background to the crystal water. 
It is from this lake that Rochester obtains its far famed water consid- 
ered the purest in the State. Canadice Lake, a short distance from 
Hemlock, possesses features that are very attractive. 

Silver Is another beautiful sheet of water situated near Perry, N. Y., 
Lake ^"^ about forty miles from Rochester on the Buffalo, Rochester 
and Pittsburgh Railroad. It has for many years been famous 
as the summer camping ground of the Methodist denomination and 
thousands of people from all parts gather there annually to take part 
in the religious, educational and health giving programmes that are 
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There are scores of other interesting locahties within easy reach 
of Rochester, which, while not being famous as resorts, are most de- 
Hghtful places in which to spend a holiday. Among these is Trout- 
burg on Lake Ontario which is fast achieving a high reputation as a 
summer resort. Many of its frequenters are hoping that the trolley 
road now running from Ontario Beach to Manitou Beach will one day 
be extended to Troutburg, in which event, no doubt the route will 
be lined with summer cottages. 

It will thus be seen that Rochester is richly provided with many 
kinds of summer resorts which do so much for the enjoyment and 
health of our inhabitants. 

There are resorts for all classes of people ; those with little spare 
time and slender means as well as those of elegant leisure and 
fastidious tastes. 

Small There are a number of small parks situated in different parts 
Parks ^^ ^^^ c^^'y all of which have been rendered beautiful and 
attractive through the liberal administration of the Park Com- 
missioners who are ever on the alert to keep our park system up to a 
high standard of excellence. Indeed Rochester owes a debt of grati- 
tude to these commissioners, of whom A. B. Lamberton is chairman, 
for their indefatigable labor in making our park system rank among 
the most famous in the United States. 

Rochester has five theaters ; The Lyceum, Cook's Opera House, 
National Theater, Baker Theater and Corinthian Theater. 

Moral and Religious Activity 

In the line of moral and religious activity, Rochester stands high. 
The Young Men's Christian Association Building is splendidly equipped 
with music hall, gymnasium and the conveniences for the entertainment 
of young men. It has a large membership and its influence is spread- 
ing into college and railway circles. The Young Women's Christian 
Association building is splendidly equipped, in which are all the conveni- 
ences for the comfort and uplifting of the young women of our city. 

Among the important institutions for young men and women are 
those provided by our Catholic fellow citizens. Cathedral Hall is a very 
popular place of entertainment where young men and young women 
have opportunities of hearing lectures, musicales and witnessing dra- 
matic performances by the rising generation, and each of the many 
churches have school halls or parish houses where the young have 
opportunities for rational enjoyment and moral upliftment. As a result 
of the moral and religious foundations laid by the early pioneers, Roch- 
ester is to-day rich in churches which minister to the spiritual needs 
of a cosmopolitan population, the list of which follows : Eighteen 
churches of the Baptist denomination ; one Congregational ; two 
Christian churches ; six Evangelical ; six Jewish Synagogues ; thirteen 
Lutheran ; fifteen Methodist Episcopal ; twelve Protestant Episcopal : 
fourteen Presbyterian ; eighteen Roman Catholic ; three Reformed 
Churches ; one Second Advent ; one Unitarian ; one Universalist and 
eleven religious bodies known as Christadelphians, Church of the 




City Hospital 




The Municipal Hospital 




St. Mary s Hospital 



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Stranger ; Faith Mission ; P'irst Church of Christ Scientist ; First Spirit- 
ual Church ; People's Rescue Mission ; Salvation Army Saving Hand 
Mission ; Second Church of Christ Scientist and Volunteers of America. 
Allied to the religious are the hospital and charitable institutions of the 
city. These comprise the State Hospital and Alms House conducted 
on an extensive and liberal scale; the City Hospital; St. Mary's Hos- 
pital; the Hahnemann Hospital; the Homeopathic Hospital and the 
newly erected Municipal Hospital, which in the absence of epidemics 
of contagious disease is used for the treatment of consumptives. 

Hospitals 

The City Hospital occupies a large space on West Avenue and vari- 
ous buildings have from time to time been added to the original structure 
by philanthropic citizens, the most notable gift of late years being made 
by the late James C. Hart by the erection of nurses' quarters as a 
memorial to his wife and since the death of the generous donor, his 
daughters, at a cost of fifty thousand dollars are adding a new building 
for ward purposes. 

St. Mary's Hospital is under Catholic supervision, its ministering 
staff being composed of Sisters of Charity. The Catholics have also 
established and long maintained orphan asylums and other charitable 
institutions, the last one of its kind being the magnificent home for 
the aged which the venerable Bishop McQuaid has caused to be built 
on the Boulevard. During the long services of this good prelate the 
parochial schools of Rochester have been brought to a high state of 
efficiency and rank among the best conducted in the country. One 
of the crowning efforts of his episcopal career was the building of the 
now world renowned Seminary, known as St. Bernards, for the gradu- 
ating of young men for the priesthood. 

Scnools 

The public school system of Rochester has of late years been 
vastly improved, not only in regard to the administration of its affairs, 
but by an entire sweeping out of old conditions and the erection of 
splendid buildings and the reconstruction of those which were lacking 
in sanitary arrangements. 

Two magnificently equipped high schools have been built, one on 
the east side and one on the west side of the city and there is now 
in contemplation the building of a third. Many of our grade school 
buildings are considered by educators as patterns for other cities to 
emulate and school superintendents from other states come here to 
examine them. 

It is a great advantage for the people of Rochester to have a 
University at hand so that their sons and daughters can get a com- 
plete education without having to leave the city. The University of 
Rochester is the Alma Mater of many distinguished men and has 
turned out multitudes of young men who occupy important positions 
in various parts of the country. Its campus is one of the beautiful 
features of Rochester and its buildings have been added to from time 




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to time by Hiram Sibley and other generous citizens, the latest addi- 
tion to the institution being a science building donated by George 
Eastman. A statue to the late President Martin B. Anderson has 
lately been unveiled on the campus. It is the work of Guernsey 
Mitchell of this city. The University contains a fine library and 
museum, a gymnasium and the usual equipment for the conduct of a 
first-class university. 

Besides the University there are two theological seminaries ; one 
under the Baptist denomination with President Strong at its head and 
the other under Lutheran supervision. From these seminaries many 
young men are mentally equipped to go forth into the world as min- 
isters of the Gospel 

The Mechanics Institute is another educational establishment where 
young men and women have opportunities of acquiring knowledge and 
experience in the arts and sciences. The institute is equipped with 
workshops, chemical laboratories, machinery for instruction in wood and 
metal working, plumbing, gas engineering and other trades. There 
are conveniences for teaching domestic science, including dressmaking, 
millinery, cooking, nursing, etc. and there are classes in free hand, 
mechanical and architectural drawing, and lecture rooms for teaching 
geometry, chemistry, electricity, etc. The present main building cost 
$200,000 and was donated by George Eastman. Captain Lomb has 
been a great friend to the Mechanics Institute having for many years 
taken a deep interest in its welfare and contributed large amounts of 
money for its equipment from time to time. Many prominent men 
and women also take an interest in the Institute and by their influence 
sufficient money is obtained annually to carry on its good work. 

Rochester s Steam and Electric 
Railroad Service 

The control of the Rochester Railway and Light Company carry- 
ing with it the control of the Rochester Railway Company has passed 
into the hands of the Vanderbilt-Andrews Syndicate. This means that 
the local system will be a part of the great system the syndicate has 
planned to extend from the shores of the Hudson River to Buffalo 
and Niagara Falls. 

The Rochester Railway Company is the successor of the Roch- 
ester City and Brighton Railway Company and controls various subsidi- 
ary companies with lines radiating from this city. The subsidiary com- 
panies are the Rochester Electric Railway Co., from the city line to 
Summerville and the Sea Breeze Branch ; the Rochester and Sodus 
Bay Railroad Co., from the city line to Sodus Bay. These lines have 
a total trackage length of not far from one hundred miles and reach 
Charlotte, Summerville, Sea Breeze, Glen Haven and Sodus Bay as 
well as all parts of the city. 

Many things are accomplished facts now in Rochester that were 
undreamed of but a few years back. Who would have thought twenty- 
five years ago that brilliantly lighted parlors on wheels would traverse 
the turnpike roads without horses or steam between our city, Canan- 



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daigua and Geneva, forty-two miles distant ? All along these turnpikes 
are thrifty farm houses with their telephones and all the conveniences 
of modern life. 

A new trolley line has been organized with Western New York 
as its field for operations and Rochester one of its terminals. The 
company is the Buffalo and Rochester Traction Company and is capi- 
talized at 53,500,000 by Philadelphia and Buffalo financiers. 

The route of the new road will start at Depew and run easterly 
through Grimesville, Looneyville, VVende, Crittenden and Pembroke 
to Batavia. Then in a general easterly direction through Stafford, 
LeRoy and Lime Rock to Caledonia paralleling the Central, Lehigh, 
Erie and Lackawanna Roads. From LeRoy to Rochester it will paral- 
lel the Rochester Sc Pittsburgh Railroad. The cars will enter the city 
by way of the Genesee Street line. The establishing of this trolley 
route will tap a country of great richness and bring additional pros- 
perity to Rochester. 

Still another trolley line (Rochester to Syracuse) that is about 
completed between Rochester and Lyons will add to the prosperity of 
our city, bringing new business from points that have hitherto been 
inaccessible to us. The route will be by way of Egypt, Macedon, 
Palmyra, East Newark, Fairport and Brighton. 

A movement is on foot to build a trolley route connecting this 
city with Dansville, Bath, Corning and Elmira. A complete survey 
of the proposed route has been made and town franchises obtained. 
It will be known as the Rochester and Southern Electric Railroad Co. 
When this line is completed it w^'ll bring much business to Rochester. 

It has been surmised that Rochester is to be one of the great 
trolley centers of the country and that the impending construction of 
a union trolley station is but a single step in a project that will aid 
wonderfully in Rochester's business development. Places for this have 
already been under consideration and include the consolidation of all 
the trolley lines — built, building or contemplated in or radiating from 
the city. The execution of the union trolley station will involve the 
expenditure of large sums of money and be of great importance in the 
industrial and commercial development of the city and tributary country 
and will mean the centralizing in this city of powerful interests. 

The trolley railroads from the various sections of the country that 
will enter Rochester, two of which have been for some time in opera- 
tion, will entirely change the status of our city as a trading center. 

Nothing better indicates the increasing importance and prosperity 
of Rochester than extensions and improvements of the eleven steam rail- 
way lines that enter it. The New York Central Railroad depot which 
has been considered one of the most commodious and convenient in 
its system is about to commence operations for enlarging its capacity. 

When the station was built in 1882 it was thought then that it 
was large enough to meet all that was demanded of it for the next 
fifty years, but the extraordinary rapid growth of this city was not 
counted on by the New York Central of^cials at that time. 

A beautiful new passenger station has been built on the stone 
piers south of Court Street bridge by the Lehigh Valley Railroad. The 
new station is a one story pressed brick building fifty-one feet by sixty- 
one feet outside with a clere-storv over the general waiting room. 



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There are windows on all sides and vestibule and porte cochere 
entrance. The general waiting room is twenty-nine feet by forty- 
eight feet. There is a covered trainshed running from Court Street 
and also in the rear of the station running to the express building. 
The express building has a frontage of fifty feet on Court Street and 
is twenty-eight feet deep. The station is supported by steel girders on 
the piers of stone which have been standing in view of the public 
for years. All the platforms are of concrete and are covered. Pipe rail- 
ings extend along all the platforms. The trainshed is three hundred 
and sixty-five feet long, covered by an umbrella canopy for three hun- 
dred and five feet. The driveway or court yard is sixty feet by seventy 
feet and paved in asphalt on a concrete base. The new station is of 
a dark mottled hufi in color. It will prove a great convenience to the 
public and bring much business activity to that already busy section of 
Rochester. The building of this handsome station at a cost of $50,000 
exclusive of the cost of the stone piers, is another evidence of the 
rapid progress our city is making. 

The new Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad office building 
nearing completion at the southwest corner of Main Street West and 
Washington Street will be one of the handsomest and most imposing 
buildings in the city, materially enhancing the value of property in the 
immediate vicinity. Besides the offices of the Railroad Company, the 
offices of the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal and Iron Company will be 
located here. The building consists of a basement and five stories. 
The basement and first story will be of cut stone. Around the top 
is an ornamental cornice of terra cotta. There are two main entrances 
one on Main Street West and the other on Washington Street. The 
building has a frontage of ninety-nine feet on Main Street and one 
hundred and sixty-one feet on Washingtont Street. It is L shaped 
with a corner taken out of the southwest side. From Main Street 
the building extends back seventy-two feet and from Washington the 
depth is sixty feet. The entrances on Main Street and Washington 
Streets lead into a corridor which extends through the building where 
are two electric elevators besides a freight elevator used for handling 
supplies. 

Another step towards increasing the importance of Rochester as 
a railroad center is the building and operating a car ferry service between 
Charlotte and Port Hope, Canada. The company to operate this ser- 
vice is composed jointly of officials of the Grand Trunk and Buffalo, 
Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroads, the one operated by Canadian 
capitalists, the other an American road with its head office in Rochester. 
The location of the Rochester end of the ferry will be in the Genesee 
River about a mile and a half from Charlotte at what are now known 
as the Genesee docks. The ferry will operate winter and summer 
and will carry passengers. The cargo will consist of cars of coal and 
general freight according to the requirements of the service. In speak- 
ing of this important enterprise, President A. G. Yates of the B. R. 
& P. R. R. said : "The Company is Canadian and its directorate is 
made up equally of officials of our road and of the Grand Trunk 
system. The plan has been under consideration for a long time and 
the details have been carefully worked out. We hope to be in running 
order by August ist, 1906. 




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(^CHESTER has more the appearance of a metropohs 
than an up-state city of 200,000 inhabitants. It is 
becoming renowned for its sky-scrapers and its colossal 
factories. Its banking houses may now take rank as 
among the most imposing in the Empire State. The 
new granite structure at the "Four Corners" erected by 
the Rochester Trust Company and the eleven story, 
stone, brick and marble structure adjoining the Roch- 
ester German Insurance Company arrest the attention of even the most 
unobservant. Their interiors in point of decoration and finish are as 
superb and dignified as any financial institution in the country. Most of 
the Rochester banks have of late years been remodeled, enlarged and 
elegantly fitted and all of them rank among the most solid and prosperous 
financial institutions in the Union. 

Among the great industrial plants of Rochester, the Eastman Kodak 
Company stands foremost in world-wide fame. Its main plant is a 
community in itself being situated in Kodak Park on the boulevard. 
Fronting the great group of buildings containing the many scientific 
and construction departments of the colossal photographic appliance 
industry is the park ; which famous landscape artists have rendered 
exquisite by their skill. In the great plant hundreds of operators find 
congenial and remunerative employment. The other factories of this 
famous corporation and the main office are situated on State Street 
where hundreds of people are daily engaged in supplying the world's 
needs for kodaks and the multifarious requirements for all branches 
of the photographic profession. 

Another industry of world wide import which has so greatly ex- 
tended Rochester's reputation as a manufacturing center, is the Bausch 
<5: Lomb Optical Company occupying several acres of ground on St. 
Paul Street. This great establishment ships to all parts of the civilized 
world everything in the optical line such as telescopes, microscopes, 
field and opera glasses, spectacles, eye-glasses, lenses, etc., requiring in 
their manufacture skilled labor and scientific knowledge of the highest 
character. 

Another colossal manufacturing plant is the Stromberg-Carlson, now 
a part of the United States Telephone Co., which produces all the 
necessary appliances for telephones and like the Eastman and Optical 
industries require skilled operatives of a high order. Among other indus- 
tries which are extending the reputation of Rochester may be mentioned 
the Rochester Lens Company ; the Taylor Thermometer Works ; The 
Curtice Brothers (Preserving) Co. ; various piano factories ; the five big 
breweries: the Pfaudler Co., glass lined tanks; The General Railway 
Signal Co. ; The American Fruit Product Co. ; The New York and 
Kentucky Distilling Co. ; the great Cunningham Carriage factory, and 




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other carriage factories ; the three largest button factories in the world ; 
the three plants for the manufacture of all kinds of gearing ; the three 
big foundries manufacturing stoves, ranges and furnaces ; the Clement's 
and other plants for the construction of wood working machinery; three 
big plants for the manufacture of chairs, for which Rochester is head- 
quarters ; circular and carpenter's saws ; coach laces ; edge tools : files ; 
locks ; steam engines ; whips ; blank books ; automobiles ; bicycles ; silver 
plate ; boats ; office furniture and devices ; desks ; trunks and traveling 
bags ; household furniture ; articles in brass and copper ; wire work ; 
lead work ; screws and bolts ; factories for the production of lanterns ; 
japanned goods ; electro-plating in silver and gold ; nickel plating ; elec- 
trotyping ; novelty goods in wood and metal ; knit goods ; underwear ; 
neckwear including scarfs and ties ; agricultural machinery ; celluloid 
goods ; perfumery ; chewing gums ; confectionery ; biscuits and many 
minor industries, and supplementing these are Rochester's great cloth- 
ing and shoe factories ; the wholesale grocery firms ; the wholesale dry 
goods establishments ; wholesale drug houses and chemical works ; the 
producers of rubber goods ; wholesale millinery houses ; manufactures of 
paper and wholesale paper dealers ; box factories both in paper and 
wood ; the colossal works of the National Casket Co, ; the Cluett & 
Peabody collar and cufif industry, now occupying the big Kimball factory; 
plants for the manufacture of tobacco, cigars and cigarettes and the big 
flour mills which have made Rochester famous in the days gone by as 
the Flour City and the big nurseries which in more recent times have 
changed the sobriquet of "Flour" to the Flower" city. 



Rochester s Snoe Industry 



Since January 1905 the grand total of more than $12,000,000 
worth of shoes were manufactured in Rochester, which is an increase 
over the previous year's output of between 10 and 12 per cent. Some 
manufacturers say this total should be increased by three million dollars. 
There are between sixty and seventy shoe factories in this city. Four 
factories alone make shoes in value in excess of $5,000,000 annually. 
During the past two years two of these factories have been greatly 
enlarged and next year their capacities will be doubled. Others also 
have plans for enlargement. 

In addition to the trade proper the leather findings and other inciden- 
tal lines bring the total sales in Rochester to about $15,000,000 annually. 

Shoe blacking to the value of $1,000,000 is made in Rochester 
every year and shoes are jobbed to the amount of $2,000,000. The 
retail business amounts to $8,000,000 annually. Rochester is a center 
for the manufacture of trunks, traveling bags, etc., besides heels, top 
lifts, shanks, box toes and shoe laces are manufactured here. 

Never in the history of Rochester's shoe trade were the prospects 
brighter than they are now. Many manufacturers have increased their 
business 25 per cent, and none have fallen behind in their sales of late. 
Because they are sold on their merits, the demand for Rochester's 
shoes is increasing rapidly. This city stands very high as the center 
for women's, misses' and children's shoes. Our big heel industries, top- 
lift factories, the largest in the world, and other special lines make 
Rochester a very important center in the shoe and leather world. 



ROCHESTER 1906 31 

Rochester s Nurseries 

For more than half a century Rochester has been famous, not only 
throughout the United States but all Europe, as a nursery center. 
For many years it was the only locality for nurseries in this country. 
The first fruit trees sent to California in 1849 and 1850 were from 
Rochester Nurseries and were shipped across the Isthmus of Panama 
on the backs of mules. Trees were also sent to Oregon and for many 
years past California has sent its fruit all over the United States and 
Europe. Rochester nurseries have supplied Japan, Australia, New Zea- 
land, South America and nearly every part of the globe where trees can 
be grown with many varieties of fruits and ornamental trees. Through 
many years of testing and experimenting the discovery was made that 
seeds propagated in the climate of Rochester are remarkably hardy and 
prolific. This accounts for the rapid rise into fame of this city as a nurs- 
ery center and for the splendid success which followed the planting of 
our trees in all parts of the world. As our readers know the pioneer 
nurserymen of Rochester were George Ellwanger and Patrick Barry 
who established themselves in Rochester in 1838. They were followed 
by Brown Brothers, Chase Brothers, Irving Rouse, Glen Bros., and 
others through whose progressive and enterprising ventures this city has 
become widely known as a nursery center. 

The magnitude of the nursery business here has assumed tremen- 
dous proportions engaging an immense capital and employing thousands 
of workers in various departments. It should be a source of pride to 
Rochester to know that in so many parts of the world the superb trees 
that adorn public and private grounds are growths from the products 
of Rochester nurseries and that the trees which produce such superior 
fruits to supply foreign markets proceed from the plants sent many 
years ago from this vicinity. It may be truly said that Rochester has 
been and still is the nursery to a large extent for the fruit production 
of the world. 

Rochester s Milling Industry 

Rochester gained its sobriquet as the 'Tlour City" early in its 
history from the fact of its being a great center for the production of 
fine flour. 

The magnificent water power at this point induced enterprising 
millers to build big mills over half a century ago and as time progressed 
newest machinery was adopted by the various firms and in the course of 
time Rochester became famous for the production of the finest brands 
of fiour in the world, and notwithstanding the fact that in the distant 
north west great mills were established on the borders of the big wheat 
growing belts, supplying the world with enormous quantities of flour, 
Rochester always held its trade from the fact that its flour was of such 
sterling quality as to command respect and confidence, while its near- 
ness to tide water gave advantage in freights not obtainable by cities 
where flour was ground from wheat produced in the more distance west. 
The output of flour from this city has assumed enormous proportions 
and some of the finest and most elaborately equipped mills in the world 
are running day and night in supplying superior brands of flour. 



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Rocnester s Machinery Industries 

Rochester has achieved much of its celebrity throughout the union 
and in foreign countries by means of its extensive industry in the manu- 
facture of machines. 

No city in the world can compete with ours in the production of 
what may be considered the very heart of universal machinery and that 
is gears of various descriptions such as spur gears, spur core wheels, 
miter gears, miter core wheels, bevel gears, bevel core wheels, hobs, 
gear planers, automatic planers for bevel gears, planers for bevel and 
spur gears, etc. The production of these requires mechanical and mathe- 
matical skill of the very highest order. Everything in the industry call- 
ing for the most exacting calculation. To such perfection has the 
making of gears been achieved in Rochester that foreign corporations 
have time and time again sent agents here to try and discover some of 
the methods in manufacture pursued by Rochester experts. Young 
English mechanics have been sent with a view to their obtaining em- 
ployment here for the purpose of gaining information. But the secrets 
of the process have never been allowed to leave our city. Orders from 
all parts of the world are sent here for gears and sometimes emergency 
orders from breakdowns abroad have to be shipped by express at enor- 
mous expense. The expressage of an emergency order recently cost 
$1,500. This Rochester industry is increasing at an enormous ratio. 
The same may be said of the industry devoted to the manufacture of 
governors for every description of engine. Our city produces the best 
and most reliable governors in the world. 

Rochester has long been famed for its manufacture of wood-working 
machinery and there is scarcely any part of the civilized globe where 
Rochester machines are not in operation. The great demand for these 
wonderful implements is due to the care and skill exercised in their 
production. Every woodworking machine shipped from Rochester can 
be relied upon to do its work well. 

Another industry which has gained for our city much credit is the 
manufacture of all kinds of saws from those used by carpenters with 
the hand to the great circular saws used in the big saw mills through- 
out the world. It is a great and growing industry giving employment 
to many. 

The manufacture of mechanics' tools and implements of every 
description is also a thriving business in Rochester. Every tool and 
mechanical device known to workers in wood and metal are produced in 
our city. It should be remembered that everything in the line of 
machinery can be obtained in Rochester so that it is not necessary for 
purchasers to divide their orders among various cities but have ever}'- 
thing they require shipped from Rochester. 

Billiard Tables 

Rochester contains factories for the manufacture of all styles of 
billiard tables, the reputation for which is spreading throughout the 
country. Many of our most superb residences as well as more modest 
homes contain one or more billiard tables made in Rochester. 




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ROCHESTER 1906 35 

Rocliester s Clothing Industry 

The history of Rochester's clothing industry if entered into with 
detail would read more like an industrial romance than the matter of 
fact story of commercial development. The industry had its begin- 
ning in the small coat and vest shop of Meyer Greentree so far back 
as 1840. It was situated in what was then Rochester's best business 
center in Front street. There the proprietor, with his assistants, sat 
tailor fashion, plying the needle with busy fingers. Mr. Greentree's 
goods were so much in demand that others, seeing his prosperity, 
soon emulated his enterprise. The first firm was that of Greentree 
& Wile, composed of Meyer Greentree and Joseph Wile, and from 
connections of this firm other factories were established in State and 
Mill streets, and Rochester, even in those early days, achieved 
a reputation for producing well made clothing. One can imagine 
the "one-horse" method then in vogue of producing pants and 
vests and ultimately coats for the wholesale trade. The little stuffy 
shops with scanty conveniences and ill ventilated offer a great contrast to 
the great, airy, well lighted and elegant factories which to-day hum with 
the revolving machinery run by steam and electricity. And how different 
are the operatives of today compared with those of 1840. Meyer Green- 
tree little dreamed that his infantile industry was destined to spread and 
grow to the present dimensions of Rochester's clothing industry. He 
never imagined that in future years St. Paul street would be composed 
as it now is of a succession of big blocks and buildings devoted to the 
manufacture of the highest as well as the less expensive grades of men's 
clothing, and that in the uttermost parts of the world — in every civilized 
land — the brand of Rochester made clothing would place our city in the 
ranks of the greatest manufacturing centers of the globe. 

The clothing industry of Rochester has done very much to advertise 
and build up our city. The industry has made millionaires of some of its 
manufacturers and made others engaged in the trade rich beyond ex- 
pectation. A remarkable feature in connection with Rochester's clothing 
industry is the fact that many merchants residing in cities throughout 
the United States and in foreign countries have also grown rich by 
handling Rochester made clothing during many years. The reason is 
obvious. Those who wear the clothing are so satisfied with its quality 
and style that they always call for it in replenishing their wardrobes. 

The annual output of the Rochester clothing factories amounts to 
over twenty million dollars. In this Rochester is surpassed by but three 
cities in the United States — New York, Philadelphia and Chicago. But 
in the matter of quality and style Rochester stands hrst and practically 
alone, because the styles in clothing emanate from this city to a large 
extent and because on Rochester clothing more thought and pains and 
money are expended in workmanship, quality of fabrics and furnishings, 
than upon the productions of any other clothes manufacturing estab- 
lishment in the world. 

In the great factories the most thorough precautions are taken to 
insure the health and comfort of the operatives and to keep the textures 
and materials used in manufacture free from every kind of impurity, 
due to ill ventilation or other bad conditions of stock rooms. So perfect 
are these precautions to insure cleanliness and purity that people visiting 
these factories are deeply and agreeably impressed. 




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Rocnester s Piano Industry 



A familiar landmark, to Rochesterians is the drum which is sus- 
pended over the entrance to the music establishment of J. W. Martin 
<Sc Bro., at 73 State Street. The "Old House" which was established 
in 1 86 1 occupies its own four story and basement building and has the 
exclusive agency in Rochester and surrounding territory for Steinway 
and Knabe pianos. For nearly the past ten years Mr. G. Clay Cox 
has had the entire management, which to-day is recognized as the 
largest house exclusively dealing in pianos between New York City and 
Chicago. This establishment also has a fine up-to-date recital hall. 

At 100 State Street is located a fine five story building occupied 
by the Mackie Piano, Organ and Music Co., which is the site of the 
original store founded in 1840 by William S. Mackie. The business 
was incorporated in 1890. A large and complete sheet music depart- 
ment is one of the features of the establishment. The head of the 
Corporation, Henry S. Mackie, has been engaged in the music business 
for nearly half a century. 

Dwight Gibbons started in the piano business in 185 1 in an old 
frame building at the northeast corner of Main Street East and North 
Water Street and continued until 1862 when Lyman L. Stone became 
a partner, originating the firm of Gibbons & Stone. In 1874 Dwight 
Gibbons died and his two sons, DeWitt C. and Arthur J. Gibbons 
succeeded his interest. This partnership continued until 1890 when 
Mr. Stone died. The firm annually manufactures three hundred pianos 
for their retail trade at the Main Street store. 

Another veteran music dealer of Rochester is Giles B. Miller who 
started his present store at 63 State Street in 1880. Mr. Miller's estab- 
lishment now occupies five stories and is up-to-date in every respect. 
A spacious sheet music department completes the store. 

The Foster-Armstrong Company are the controllers of the output 
of more pianos than have heretofore been distributed by any one con- 
cern in the history of the trade. The new factories at Despatch (at 
the east end of the city lines) are now fully occupied by the several 
companies making up the community of interests and are under full 
operation, with a capacity for producing 25,000 pianos annually. 

New York City formerly had the largest individual concerns making 
pianos. Later this was wrested from it by Chicago, and now Rochester 
has won its eminence as the city containing the most extensive piano 
plant on the face of the globe. 

In this co-ordinate industry are assembled no less than six separate 
corporations ; known as Haines Bros. ; Marshall Sc Wendell ; Foster & 
Co. ; Haines Sc Co. ; Armstrong Piano Co. ; Brewster Piano Co. Each 
operates on its own basis independently of every other although each 
is controlled by the central financial and selling organization of Foster- 
Armstrong Company. 

Foster-Armstrong Company conducts wholesale offices in New 
York, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco, and are gradually opening a 
chain of retail stores, which have proven to be highly successful. 

A retail store is conducted in Rochester by this Corporation being 
located in the Sibley Building, corner of Main Street East and Stillson 
Street. The establishment is a handsome one in every respect. On the 
upper floor is located a fine recital hall known as Haines Bros.' Hall. 




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ROCHESTER 1906 39 

Rochester s Furniture Industry 

No other city manufactures such enormous quantities of chairs and 
rockers as are produced in our city. This particular line of furniture 
was first made here about half a century- ago in a small way. Ordinary, 
but substantial chairs were made at first but as the nation prospered 
and increased in population the demand for more ornate and luxurious 
chairs tested the ingenuity of our manufacturers and they were equal 
to the call. Many handsome styles were introduced and eventually 
beautifully upholstered goods were placed on the market with the result 
that Rochester became famous for the excellence and beauty of its chairs. 
Factories were established eventually of immense capacities and to-day 
train loads of these beautiful goods are being continually shipped to all 
parts of the United States, Canada and foreign countries. 

Other Kinds oi Furniture 

While the chair making industry was developing, the manufacture 
of ever;- other kind of furniture progressed. The rapid increase in 
population throughout the United States called for enormous quantities 
of ordinarv, everyday, ser\'iceable furniture and Rochester did much 
toward supplying the demand. 

The city being a notable art center, having one of the finest Me- 
chanics Institutes in the country for the training of industrial artists and 
several art societies for the conservation of the art feeling, a continu- 
ous supply of competent designers and skilled operatives go from the 
schools to the great factories. This accounts for the wonderful success 
which Rochester manufacturers of furniture have had in producing the 
best and most reasonably priced furniture in the world. 

Office Furniture 

Another department of Rochester's Furniture industry is that per- 
taining to her manufacture of every kind of office convenience. Every 
conceivable kind of office desk is made here in big factories thoroughly 
equipped to turn out roller top and other styles of desks that would 
grace the office of the most dignified personage or the cabinets of 
crowned heads of the old world. Rochester made desks are to be found 
everywhere, in the great public departments in Washington and the 
various states, in the big financial and commercial centers of the coun- 
try and thousands of business and professional offices. 

Office Devices 

Under the head of furniture can be mentioned the many conven- 
ient, necessary and exquisite devices for offices, banks and public depart- 
ments that are manufactured on a large scale in Rochester. Indeed, 
our city may be considered the original home of office devices. It was 
here that the system of filing devices were first introduced and their 
advent in the commercial world revolutionized the duties of book-keep- 
ers, accountants and secretaries relieving them of vast amounts of labor 
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ROCHESTER 1906 41 

Rochester s Perfumery Industry 

Rochester is known far and wide as the home for the production 
of exquisite perfumery. The atmosphere of the courts of Europe and 
the social circles of the aristocracies of the world are charged with the 
subtle, fascinating perfumes manufactured in Rochester. 

The perfumery establishments of our city have surpassed in the 
production of captivating odors, all the old world concerns, which, in 
comparison with ours are old fashioned and far in the rear of modern 
progress. To dealers in the now essential toilet requisite, it can be 
intimated with truth that in no other city in the world can they be 
supplied with such an exquisite and fascinating assortment of up-to-date 
perfumery as in Rochester. Allied to the perfumery business may be 
mentioned that verv requisite article of ladies and gentlemen's comforts, 
viz. : the various kinds of tablets for sweetening the breath and at the 
same time, giving strength and tone to the vocal organs. Nothing is 
so repugnant in refined society as the presence of persons with bad 
breath. They render themselves odious and are a source of discomfort 
to all with whom they come in contact. 

Rochester perfumers have happily provided a graceful and pleasing 
remedy for this unfortunate class of citizens. Clergymen, orators, 
teachers and public speakers are likewise benefited by using these in- 
vigorating tablets. 

Real Estate and Banks 

The present total valuation of real and personal estate and franchises 
is as follows: City of Rochester, $126,268,400; towns, $38,234,580; 
total, $164,502,980. 

Rochester's industrial and commercial expansion is not only rapid 
but is on a solid basis of business development. This fact has long 
been apparent to all observers, but its confirmation is most gratifying. 
The bank clearings in Rochester for the twelve months ending Dec. 31, 
1905 were nearly $200,000,000, being the largest on record and in 
round figures $27,000,000 greater than in 1904. The increase in 
deposits in the dififerent banks and trust companies for 1905 over 1904 
was $9,106,966.19. The total deposits December 31st, 1905 were 
$119,042,134.83. The total bank resources of Rochester's savings banks, 
trust companies, and banks of deposit on the 31st of December, 1905, 
were $133,583,686.56, a gain over the preceding year of $12,950,216.53. 

Post Office Growth 

Nowhere is the exceptional industrial and commercial growth of 
Rochester better illustrated than in the large amount of business at the 
post office. The receipts for the twelve months ending December 31st, 
1905, were $718,863.99, as compared with $695", 837. 56 in 1904. Show- 
ing an increase of $23,026.43 for the year, or 3.3 per cent. The in- 
crease in money orders issued and paid was 10 per cent, over 1904. 
Money orders issued in 1905 were $8,000,000, of which $7,000,000 were 
domestic. Rochester now stands twenty-second in the list of cities of 
the country in postal receipts. It is expected that the much needed 
addition to the post office building will be begun this year. 



ROCHESTER 1906 43 

Rochester s Button Industry 

An industry that bids fair to extend to colossal proportions in Roch- 
ester is the manufacture of buttons. Three great factoties with acres 
of floor space, and employing thousands of skilled artisans, have been 
erected during the past two years. The making of buttons was 
started about twenty years ago in this city the first being composed of 
a material to imitate pearl. Later on the manufacture of ivory buttons 
for the tailor trade was entered upon by several enterprising firms and 
the business has extended of late years to every portion of the United 
States and Canada. The ivory buttons are classed among the most 
artistic and durable in the market and are made from what is called 
vegetable ivory which grows in South American forests. The nut is 
imported here in the rough and subjected to the treatment which is a 
secret among the Rochester manufacturers. There is an immense vari- 
ety of buttons, such as are used for coats and vests, which our facto- 
ries produce from this wonderful South American ivory which is exceed- 
ingly hard and capable of being dyed and colored or receiving any 
design. Immense quantities are used by our Rochester clothing manu- 
facturers and our factories are being run to their full capacities to sup- 
ply the demand from the various states of the union. The buttons 
have won favor in Europe and notwithstanding the fact that labor is 
so cheap in the old country that buttons can be made for less money 
than here, there is a demand for American made buttons from Roch- 
ester, because of their beauty and wearing qualities, that is continually 
on the increase. 

Stoves and Furnace Industry 

Some of the biggest stove foundries in the country are situated 
in Rochester. During many years the manufacture of stoves and 
furnaces has steadily increased until the industry has assumed immense 
proportions. If there is anything new in stove mechanism or in beauty 
of design, it comes from Rochester, the headquarters of the industry. 

A Rochester heater in any home is always a "thing of beauty and 
a joy forever." Indeed a Rochester parlor stove of the latest design is 
so beautiful in appearance as to form a brilliant feature of the room's 
furnishings. 

Rochester s Picture Frame Industry 

No city in the union has a higher reputation for the manufacture 
of picture frames and mirrors than Rochester. It is an old established 
and exceedingly successful industry giving employment to hundreds of 
skilled operatives. There are firms that make a specialty of the high 
priced and elaborate gold frames, the designs for which are produced 
by educated artists of the highest ability and put into perfect forms for 
patrons by the most experienced moulders and gilders. Many of the 
great palaces and mansions of millionaires throughout this country and 
Europe contain the magnificent production of our Rochester frame 
manufacturers. While there is a continual demand for these costly and 
exquisite goods there is also an immense call for the cheaper styles, 
such as can be found in the homes of the less wealthy people. 




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Rocliester s Optical Industry 

Whatever else Rochester may be it is undeniably the optical center 
of the world at the present time. The history of the rise of this industry 
is largely the history of the Bausch & Lomb Optical Company which 
from the time of the association of the founders of the company until 
now has been so closely identified with it. 

1853 saw Messrs. Bausch & Lomb established in the Arcade, 
where they carried on an optical business, the resources and volume of 
which were not sufficient for their entire support. 

The first manufactures were horn eyeglass frames of workmanship 
so good that a New York dealer seeing them contracted for all that 
could be turned out in addition to those required for local consumption. 
It soon became neces- 
sary to have more work- 
men so that in 1866 a 
building on the corner 
of Andrews and Water 
streets was taken. This, 
too, soon proved too 
small and a move was 
made to the corner of 
River and Water streets 
in 1868, where two 
stories of the building 
were occupied by lens 
grinding and frame, 
loupe and other manu- 
facturing work. In 1866 
the retail store in the 
Arcade was disposed of, 
and is still in existence under the firm name of E. E. Bausch & Son. 

The accidental finding of a piece of hard rubber led to its application 
in the manufacture of eyeglasses and marked the first real advance. 

Many interesting developments took place in the building on River 
street. The first attempt to manufacture opera glasses in America was 
made here, but owing to the unsuitability for the purpose of the vul- 
canite used for the cases, the manufacture was discontinued. 

The business had now grown to such promising proportions, that 
the firm felt ready to undertake the manufacture of the highest types of 
optical instruments in America. Accordingly in 1874 the present site of 
the Company's works was purchased and a brick building erected thereon. 
The following year they began the manufacture of microscopes, and 
after a year's hard work and experiment were able to make an exhibit at 
the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia, which created a very favorable 
impression among the scientific men who examined them. The accept- 
able quality of the microscopes and the moderate prices at which they 
were sold, stimulated their introduction for educational and industrial 
uses, and gradually they found their way wherever microscopes are used. 

Under the direction of Mr. Edward Bausch were produced their 
first photographic lenses which were sold to manufacturers at figures so 
reasonable that it became possible to manufacture cameras for amateur 




Board Walk at Ontario Beach 



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47 



use at prices within reach of the general public. The exposure, the 
more difficult part of photography, was simplified b\ the invention of the 
Iris Diaphragm Shutter. 

The next important advance was an agreement entered into with 
the Carl Zeiss Optical Works of Jena, German\ , by which Bausch & 
Lomb secured the sole right to manufacture lenses and field glasses from 
the same formulae and under the same conditions and tests as those made 
in their celebrated Jena factory, and so the manufacture of field glasses in 
America was successfully inaugurated. 

Telescope objectives and eyepieces of limited size had been manu- 
factured as well as objectives and eyepieces for surveying instruments and 
rifle telescopes. They now began to make search light lenses, an under- 
taking that involved man\- difficulties. After many years of experiment 
they succeeded in producing parabolic and Mangin searchlight lenses 
which proved acceptable to the United States government. 

The products of the Company now include lenses of every descrip- 
tion, from eyeglass lenses to the most accurate lenses and prisms required 
by the government for range finders and for surveying purposes ; photo- 
graphic lenses of all kinds : photographic shutters ; head and throat 
mirrors ; retinoscopes ; ophthalmoscopes ; field glasses ; magnifiers and 
reading glasses: microscopes; projection apparatus : condensers; search- 
light mirror lenses, and so the 
list might be extended. 

While the Bausch & Lomb 
Optical Company have long 
furnished lenses to manufac- 
turers of astronomical and 
engineering instruments, dur- 
ing the past year they have 
succeeded in adding to Roch- 
ester's fame as an optical cen- 
ter by forming a corporation 
with George N. Saegmuller, 
a maker of high-grade astro- 
nomical and engineering in- 
struments and a successor to 
the celebrated Fauth <5c Com- 
pany of Washington, the re- 
sult of which has been the 
removal of the factory from 
Washington to Rochester. 
Now the entire instruments 
will be built here and while 
Rochester has long supplied 
hospitals, laboratories, schools 
and colleges witlj microscopes 

1 . • I . X • One of Rochester's Mounted Police 

and optical apparatus of vari- 
ous kinds, she can now furnish these higher optical instruments also. 
Besides the Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., there are at present in 
Rochester the Gundlach Optical Co., manufacturers of microscopes, 
prism field glasses and photo lenses; the Rochester Lens Co., photo 
lenses; the Wollensak Optical Co., lenses and shutters; and the Roch- 
ester Spectacle A'lanufacturing Co.. spectacles and eyeglasses. 





New West Side Department Store — Main and Fitzhugh Streets 



ROCHESTER 1906 49 

Rocliester s Dry Gooas Industry 

In little more than half a century the dry goods industry of Roch- 
ester has made wonderful advancement. In the early fifties when the 
city population consisted of 30,000 people the customers were made up 
of local residents and inhabitants of country towns within a radius of 
fifteen miles. At the present time our large firms send their traveling 
men through the greater part of the country. Every customer was 
known by name and the proprietors and clerks were more or less famil- 
iar with the personal history of their patrons. One store and a base- 
ment was all the room needed then while at present our large estab- 
lishments have acres of floor space. Merchants fifty years ago considered 
it a good day's business when they sold goods worth from $200 to $300, 
while now the sales in many stores amount to from $5,000 to $I0,000 
daily. 

Most of the receipts of the pioneer dealers were not cash but 
orders. That is, a grocery firm or contractors building canal boats 
would pay their employees by giving them orders on dry goods stores. 
As a result only a small amount of currency was in circulation. In those 
days dry goods were handled exclusively. There were no different de- 
partments. One member of the firm looked after the financial part, 
the other partner did the buying and acted as general superintendent. 
Cash carriers were then unknown. The labor of making change and 
doing up parcels was all done by the check boys and check girls. Most 
of the goods were purchased in New York City and brought here by a 
packet line on the Erie Canal. The time consumed in transportation 
being about two weeks. 

One of the first firms to be established in Rochester was Bartholo- 
mew & Hubbard, formed in 1851 with a store at what is now the 
corner of State and Corinthian Streets. This concern subsequently 
became Hubbard & Torrence ; Hubbard, Torrence & Co.; Hubbard 
&i Northup and Ira B. Northup &c Co., which last went out of busi- 
ness in 1874. 

Older residents of Rochester will recollect Wilder, Gorton & Co., 
which established a dry goods store at 36 State Street in 1851. After 
two years the firm's name was changed to Wilder, Case & Co., and in 
1861 it became Case & Mann. The name of A. S. Mann Sc Co. 
was assumed in 1867, and that name was retained until the firm retired 
in the early nineties. 

In 1853, Gaf^ney, Burke Sc Co., started a store at 53 Main Street 
East. In 1855 the firm became Burke, Gaffney &i Hone, and 1857 
was changed to Burke, Fitz Simons, Hone & Co., which title is still 
retained by the house which has become one of the leading dry goods 
establishments of the country. The establishment is equipped with 
the new pneumatic cash carrier system. 

The establishment of the Sibley, Lindsay &c Curr Co., which now 
has a store comparing favorably with any in the United States began 
in 1868 when the firm of Sibley, Lindsay & Curr opened a store at 
73 Main Street East. This firm was afterwards merged into a corpo- 
ration and built the Granite Building, the lower floors o which to- 
gether with part of the Marble Block, next door, was occupied by it 
for a number of years. In its new establishment this company has 
more than ten acres of floor space. 



ROCHESTER 1906 51 

Firms that were in the dry goods trade in the early fifties and 
retired from business before the War of the Rebellion were : H. C. 
Blodgett & Co. ; Joseph Bier Sc Co., that afterwards became Beir Sc 
Stern; Nicholas &: Tuller, which was merged into Anson Tuller ; 
A. & E. Brennan ; J. Glasser Sc Son; Patrick Connolly; William 
McCarthy and S. D. Stiles. Also J. Z. Newcomb, which became 
Newcomb, Sackett & Jones. 

The store of J. Fahy Sc Co. was first located at 74 State Street 
in i8q2, and when the establishment was moved to Main Street East 
in 1900 became the Fahy-Shantz Co., and afterwards the Rochester 
Dry Goods Co., which company was burned out in the big fire of 
February 26th, 1904, that destroyed the greater part of the dry goods 
establishments of Rochester. 

Carroll, Beadle Sc Co. was formed in 1892, its store being situated 
in Main Street East. It became Carroll, Beadle t^' Mudge in 1894, 
and four years later the firm's name was changed to Beadle Sc Mudge. 
Later the concern became Beadle Sc Sherburne Co., which company 
was also burned out in the big fire. Beginning in 1897 and continu- 
ing for two years C. H. Carroll & Co. conducted a dry goods store 
at 170 Main Street East. 

One of the largest and most successful dry goods establishments 
in Rochester is McCurdy Sc Norwell Co., established in 1900, which 
occupies the buildings at the corner of Main Street East and Elm 
Street. 

A new concern which has recently come to Rochester is the 
E. W. Edwards Sc Son store which is located at 132 to 142 Main 
Street East. This firm also has large stores in Syracuse and Troy. 

Information for tfie above article was kindly furnished by William A. Hub- 
bard, Sr., a well known and highly esteemed resident of this city, who was the origi- 
nal member of the firm of Bartholomew Sc Hubbard. 



Rochester the City 



It should be borne in mind that in addition to the territory which 
lies within the city limits much of which is available for manufacturing 
plants, there lies beyond the city line a vast territory included in the 
town of Gates, Greece, Brighton and Irondequoit that has lately been 
rendered also available not only for manufacturing plants but for the 
building up of new residential sections. Formerly all this territory was 
rendered of little value because of the lack of an adequate water supply, 
the people living there depending upon artesian wells. But now this 
territory having been piped by the Rochester and Lake Ontario Water 
Company there will spring into existence new factories and residential 
communities that will draw every kind of supply from Rochester. 

Rochester provides a labor market unexcelled in quality ; intelli- 
gent, sober, law-abiding, hence prosperous and averse to strikes. Offers 
superior transportation facilities, both by rail and water ; cheap fuel ; a 
first class sewerage system ; as good water as can be found in the 
world; unexcelled educational facilities; a well-governed, clean and 
well lighted city, effectively policed, and a fire department second to 
none, and as low a tax rate as is consistent with an up-to-date 
aggressive municipality. The city being built on a limestone founda- 
tion enjoys perfect drainage, hence a very low death rate. 



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Hon. James G. Cutler, Mayor of Rochester 

WHAT all cities seek and few obtain, Rochester has found — a 
" business" Mayor. The blending of executive ability, busi- 
ness experience, political tact and constructive statesmanship 
— the equipment of a successful business man in public office 
— is the rarest combination in municipal history. Few successful business 
men succeed as Mayors, lacking tact to manage political situations. 
(Iften the most experienced politicians fail in executive positions, under- 
estimating public intelli- 
gence and falling into dem- 
agogism. 

In Hon. James G. Cut- 
ler, Rochester has a Mayor 
who does things ; a man 
who applies business stand- 
ards to public questions ; 
an official who brings things 
to pass without clashing 
with politicians or antago- 
nizing the better element 
of the community ; a man 
of affairs who does more 
than he promises and who 
has never failed to make 
good. Mayor Cutler has 
served the people of Roch- 
ester for a two-year term 
and he is now entering on 
his second term of two 
years. His record of 
achievement in providing 
needed improvements is 
long enough to supply the 
stock in trade for a half 
dozen administrations. The 
briefest summary of things 
done is alone possible. 

Business methods have 
been applied to municipal 
bookkeeping ; old tax 
claims have been adjusted ; 
old assessments have been 
forced to collection ; a doubtful account system has been created, so that 
a real trial balance can be struck ; dead claims carried as assets have been 
wiped off the books. For the first time in its municipal history, Roch- 
ester bookkeeping is equal to the bookkeeping of any other large busi- 
ness corporation. 

The efficiency of the Public Safety and Public Works Departments 
has been increased almost beyond measurement. The betterments 
include five new precinct stations, three new fire houses with new central 
headquarters, new fire signal apparatus, new fire equipment, the doubling 
of the pumping capacity of the Holly system for fire protection, the 




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53 



establishment of dozens of new hydrants, the laying of miles of new 
water mains and the construction of a new distributing reservoir of 
140,000,000 gallons capacity. The net result is the best police and fire 
department and the best water supply system to be found in the United 
States. 

The park system has received under IVIayor Cutler more liberal 
appropriations than ever known before. The acreage has been increased, 
swimming pools, playgrounds and practical, attractive, up-to-date features 
innumerable have been added to the park equipment. Mayor Cutler's 
treatment of public service corporations merits (as it is receiving) attention 
from executives in other cities who have sought in vain to secure con- 
cessions and who waste their energies in fruitless controversies. The 
story of his campaign for adequate equipment, more street cars, better 
street cars and improved service make a page in municipal history that will 
often be thumbed in the future. His crusade for an increased valuation 
of franchises and the cancellation of old and unused franchises are other 
phases of a public spirited policy to force public service corporations to 
serve the public and to bear an equitable share of the burden of taxation. 

Much has been accomplished in the two years of the constructive 
period ; much is anticipated in the coming two years of the administra- 
tive period. The work will now be polished off and the rough corners 
smoothed by the hand of a master mechanic in municipal upbuilding. 





New Buildingb Erected on Site of Big Fire. February 26, 1904 




Chamber of Commerce — Main Street East, corner of South 
Avenue. 

County Buildings — South Avenue, take South Avenue car. 

Cemeteries — Mount Hope, take Exchange Street or South Avenue 
car. Riverside, take Charlotte car. Holy Sepulchre, take Charlotte or 
Lake Avenue cars. 

City Hall and Court House — Main Street West, corner 
Fitzhugh Street. 

Clubs — Genesee Valley, East Avenue and Gibbs Street. Roches- 
ter, East Avenue. Eureka, Clinton Avenue North. Whist, Fitzhugh 
Street. Rochester Athletic, Clinton Avenue North. 

Culver Park — Baseball Field, take University Avenue car. 

Drives — East Avenue. Lake Avenue to Seneca Park West and 
Charlotte. St. Paul Street to Seneca Park East and Summerville. 
Plymouth Avenue to Genesee Valley Park. Main Street East and 
University Avenue to Rochester University. 

East High School — Alexander Street, take Main Street East or 
University Avenue car. West High School, Genesee Street, take Gen- 
esee Street car. 

Federal Building — Post Office, Custom House, etc., corner 
Church and Fitzhugh Streets. 

Falls of the Genesee — Upper Falls, best seen from Piatt Street 
Bridge, take Lake Avenue or St. Paul Street car. Lower and Middle 
Falls, best seen from Driving Park Avenue Bridge, take Lake Avenue or 
St. Paul Street car. 

Hospitals — City, take West Avenue car. St. Mary's, take West 
Avenue car. Homeopathic, take Monroe Avenue car. Hahnemann, 
take South Avenue car. Infants' Summer, Ontario Beach, take Char- 
lotte car. 

Kimball's Conservatory — Take Jefferson Avenue car. 

Masonic Temple — Clinton Avenue near Main Street. 

Nurseries -Ellwanger & Barry, take South Avenue car. Brown 
Brothers, take Brighton car. Chase Brothers, take University Avenue car. 

Office Buildings — Powers, Main and State Streets. Granite, 
Main Street East and St. Paul Street. Wilder, Main Street East and 
Exchange Street. Chamber of Commerce, Main Street and South 
Avenue. Central, Main Street East. German Insurance, Main Street 
West. Cutler, East Avenue. 

Public Libraries — Reynolds, Spring Street, take Plymouth or 
Jefiferson Avenue car, (Branch reading room,. ii8 Reynold's Arcade). 
Central, South Fitzhugh Street, take University Avenue car. Law, 
Court House. 

Public Parks — Genesee Valley, take Plymouth Avenue car. 
Highland, take South Avenue car. Seneca Park East, take St. Paul 
Street car. Seneca Park West, take Lake Avenue car. Maplewood 
Park, take Lake Avenue or Charlotte car. 




I he President Anderson Monument, University Campus, Rochester 
GUERNSEY MITCHELL, Sculptor 



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57 



Railroad Staiions — New \'ork Central, West Shore, Northern 
Central, Toronto and Hamilton, Central Avenue, take Central Avenue 
or Clinton Avenue or St. Paul Street car. Buffalo, Rochester & Pitts- 
burg, West Avenue. Erie, Exchange Street or South Avenue car. 
Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg, Lake Avenue car. Pennsylvania, 
West Avenue car. Lehigh Valley, South Avenue and Court Street, 
take South Avenue car. Rochester and Sodus Bay, Main Street East or 
Sodus Bay car. Rochester &: Eastern Rapid Ry., 74 Exchange St. 

Reser\()IR — Capacity, 22,000,000 gallons, in Highland Park, take 
South Avenue car. 

Soldiers' Monument — Washington Park, take Monroe Avenue car. 

State Hospital — For the insane, take South Avenue car. 

St. Bernard's Seminary — Boulevard, take Charlotte car. 

Summer Resorts — Ontario Beach and Manitou, New York Cen- 
tral Railway or Charlotte car. Summerville, Sumerville car. Glen 
Haven, Glen Haven car. Sea Breeze, Sea Breeze car. 

Theological Seminary — East Avenue, corner Alexander Street, 
take Park Avenue car. 

Theatres — Lyceum, Clinton Avenue South. National, Main 
Street West. Baker, Fitzhugh Street. Cook, South Avenue. Corin- 
thian, Corinthian Street. 

University of Rochester — University Avenue car. 

Weather Bureau (U. S.) — Federal Building. Church and Fitz- 
hugh Streets. 

Young Men's Christian Association — South Avenue, corner 
Court, take South or Monroe Avenue car. Young Women's Christian 
Association, Clinton Avenue North, take Clinton Avenue car. Catholic 
Young Men's Association, Chatham Street, take North Avenue car. 

Zoo — Seneca Park East, take St. Paul Street car. 

More Facts About RocKester 

Valuation of buildings erected in 1905, $5,569,019. Fire Companies, 
24. Students at Mechanics Institute, 3,500. Public School students, 
25,000. Parochial Schools, 11,000. Annual value manufactured products, 
$85,000,000. Nearly 200 railroad trains enter and leave Rochester daily. 
Largest Masonic Lodge (Genesee Falls 507) in the world. Largest 
Commercial Travelers Mutual Benefit Association in the States. Annual 
death rate past five years, 14 per 1,000. Assessed valuation 1905, real, 
$114,244,515; personal, $6,589,600; franchises, $5,742,825. Tax 
levy, $82,396,605.66. Tax rate, $18.93. Number of wards, 2i. Area 
of city, 12,490 acres. Open streets, 331 miles. Improved streets, 142 
miles. Arc lights, 3.015. Sewers. 237 miles. 




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59 



Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co. 




I 



Mr. R. a Si bi t".' 



N the spring of 1868 three young men came 

out from Boston to Rochester in search of 

a promising mercantile field. Two had had 

their dry goods training in Scotland supplemented 

by a few years' experience in this country, while 

the third had gained a practical knowledge of 

wares and men in a general store in New England, 

and later, oilfice training in a large Boston house. 

These men were Rufus A. Sibley, Alexander 

M. Lindsay, and John Curr. 

The result of their observations was the found- 
ing of the Boston store, a small dry goods estab- 
lishment, which at first occupied a single aisle 
section in the old Marble Block. As the years 
went by the business prospered ; the store outgrew its one aisle quarters 
and its name. The remainder of the Marble Block to the west was 
occupied, and later the Osburn House on the corner of Main and 
St. Paul streets was purchased. During the years 1890-93 the whole- 
sale building at St. Paul and Division streets was constructed and the 
Granite Building was erected on the site of the old Osburn House. 
Here Sibley, Lindsay Si Curr and their successor, the Sibley, Lindsay 
^' Curr Co., continued to do business until the fire of February, 1904, 
when the entire stock of merchandise and all the buildings except the 
structural parts of the Granite Building were destroyed in a few hours. 
Fortunately, before the fire, the property at the corner of Main 
and Clinton streets had beeen purchased as a site for a new store. In 
a month from the date of the iire the old buildings on this site had 
been remodeled and stocked with merchandise. The company is now 
just completing its new store which will have 
a floor space of eleven acres and will be modern 
in every appointment. 

Sibley, Lindsay Sc Curr Co. maintains pur- 
chasing offices in New York, Paris, Manchester 
and Chemnitz, has retail stores in Minneapolis, 
Minn., and Erie and Titusville, Pa., as well 
as in Rochester, and does an extensive jobbing 
business throughout the East and Middle West. 
The directorate of the Company, all of 
the members of which are actively associated 
in the business, consists of Rufus A. Siblew 
Alexander M. Lindsay, Thomas S. Johnston, 
Andrew J. Townson, and Thomas B. Ryder. mr. a. m. lindsav 




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The New Store Corner Main and Clinton Streets 




Site of the New Store Previous to 1905 



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61 



Let Us Be Fair 

IT has become a common occurrence for certain persons having abso- 
lutely no knowledge of the facts to attack the street car company's 
service. It is, therefore, a pleasure to one who is conversant with 
the untiring efforts of the local street car officials for the betterment of 
the service to give some detailed information as to the true conditions 
which obtain. 

To begin with, anyone who has ever approached the subject in an 
impartial frame of mind or who from an unprejudiced view-point has 
compared the service in Rochester with that received by other cities, can- 
not but admit that the street car traffic in these confines is conducted 
upon a higher plane, and with a greater regard for the comfort and con- 
venience of patrons than in any other municipality of its size in the United 
States. This comparison might be extended so as to include many of 
the larger cities with the same favorable results to the local company. 




This article is being penned at a point from which the writer can 
observe the preparations made for the carrying of an unusually large 
number of passengers whose destination is one of Rochester's magnificent 
parks. Actual timing bears witness to the frequency of trips and reveals 
the fact that the time elapsing between the cars does not extend over 
a period of three minutes. 

The mind naturally reverts to the advantages which accrue to the 
city's residents through the policy which animates the Rochester Street 
Railway Company. Designate it a "selfish motive " or by any other term 
that you will, yet, it cannot be denied that the company has made splendid 
recreation grounds with which the city abounds accessible to " all sorts 
and contlitions "" of its inhabitants in wliatever section thev be located. 



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It has enabled a multitude of artisans to reside far removed from the 
cit.\'s center in parts where pure air and healthful environment guarantee 
salutary residential conditions for themselves and families. It has enhanced 
the values of properties in the outskirts, and has opened up large tracts of 
land for the accommodation of our fast growing population. 

In the past year the company has placed a positive order for the 
acquisition of one hundred new modern cars. This increase to its rolling 




stock means an outlay of over $400,000, and it can be safely stated that 
no other institution in Rochester has made an investment of such pro- 
portions in one of its departments in the same period of time. 

The secret of building up and increasing any business, be it mercantile 
or otherwise, lies in the strict adherence to "value given for value received," 
and close attention to the wants and necessities of patrons. That the spirit 
with which the company is imbued has been appreciated by the public is 
evidenced by the following table showing the increase in the number of 
passengers carried between the year 1888 and the present time: 

1888 — 9,244,174 passengers 
1891 — 12,786,315 
1900 — 22,958,316 
1905 — 45,239,698 
I go6 — 60 , 000 , 000 

The last item being estimated from reports from Jan. 1st, 1905, to date. 

In these times when all corporations are popularly supposed to be 
"devoid of soul" it is gratifying to say a word in behalf of one that is 
doing its utmost to faithfully fulfill the obligations imposed upon it. 

Let us be fair. 



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63 



Evolution 

On page sixt\-one is an illustration of the first horse car that tra- 
versed Rochester. The line over which it ran was placed in operation in 
the year 1863, and extended from Exchange street to Ambrose street on 
Lake avenue. When Air. Joseph Hicks, the present Superintendent of 
Transportation, first became associated with the railway company, the 
equipment consisted of but a few^ cars, seventy-eight horses and a working 
force of but thirty men. In 1891 the change was made to electrical power, 
the first car so equipped being No. 114, a photograph of which is also 
reproduced. 

Increase improvement in service has ever been the watchword of the 
company, until the apex of perfection in street railway cars was reached by 
the acquisition of what is known as the "400 series," a picture of one of 
these splendid cars being also shown. 

It is a far cry from the horse car with its tinkling bell, the straw 
covered floor, the cold interior, and the irregular schedule to Rochester's 




magnificent system of to-day, which embraces three hundred cars running 
over 150 miles of track, and requiring an army of 1050 employes in order 
that the city's residents ma\' enjo\- quick and efficient transportation. 

The same degree of comparison between the cars of the period, when, 
as an old time railroad ofHcial put it, " The horses ate the straw out of each 
others' collars," and the excellent equipment of the present time, appropri- 
ately applies to the crude methods of conducting street car advertising in 
the past as against the present progressive, business-bringing systems of the 

ELECTRIC RAILROAD ADVERTISING COMPANY 



ROCHESTER 1906 65 

Burke, Fitz Simons, Hone & Co. 

* 1 '\ ^ RKE'S" has been a by-word among Rochesterians for over half 

1^ a century, and is still used nowadays when referring to the 

well-known dry goods firm of Burke, Fitz Simons, Hone & Co., 

which is the oldest and best known store in Western New York. 

Like many other industries which have been contemporary with 
the growth of Rochester this house had a very modest beginning. It 
was in the early days of 1849 when the late Owen Gaf^ney opened 
a dry goods store at 53 Main Street East, his floor space including 
only the ground floor and basement. Later on other parties became 
interested with Mr. Ciaf^ney and in 1853 the firm of Gaf^ney, Burke 
^' Co. was organized, which two years afterwards became Burke, Gafif- 
ney <Sc Hone. The present firm name of Burke, Fitz Simons, Hone 
(S: Co. was Hrst formed in 1857. -^^ t^he present time the individual 
members of the firm are Alexander B. Hone, who was a member of 
the original firm, Thomas J. Devine, Daniel B. Murphy and Alex- 
ander K. Hone. All members have been associated with the house for 
years and are prominent in local commercial affairs and also are always 
interested in anything to further the advance of our municipality. 

To-day this mammoth establishment of Burke, Fitz Simons, Hone 
Sc Co. entirely occupies two buildings, one four and the other six 
stories in height, embracing both the wholesale and retail departments. 
The interiors of the buildings are finely fitted up and also furnished in 
correct taste. All the floors in both structures are easy of access by 
modern elevators, are commodious for customers and for the adequate 
display of the enormous stock carried. All the latest devices for facili- 
tating trade in all its branches and promoting the customers' comfort 
have been installed. A pneumatic system for making change in 
marvelous quick time is one of the features greatly appreciated by all 
customers. By its workings money is sent to the cashier's desk and 
the correct change returned in less than a minute. Every department 
of the establishment is complete within itself. 

All the employees are noted for their uniform courtesy and thorough 
knowledge of their duties as proved by the opinions of old residents 
who have continued to trade at this store for years, as well as from 
new customers who have recently moved here from other cities 
and states. 

The constant growth of this store has been due to a steady policy 
founded upon the wide experience and excellent judgment of the 
individual members of the firm being the natural sequence of their 
industry and ability. This house has been constantly enlarging its 
commercial relations, increasing its premises and expanding all its facili- 
ties, until now the establishment is under one roof and includes everv 




1 View in Seneca Park East 2 View in Genesee Valley Park 

3 Red Creek — Genesee Valley Park 




ROCHESTER 1906 67 

line a metropolitan department store carries, comparing favorably with 
any similar one in the United States. 

In the European markets "Burke's" is represented by experienced 
buyers, and being such extensive importers invoices are constantly 
being received from the various foreign countries to replenish their 
large stock. The firm is also large jobbers as well as retailers of dry 
goods, woolens and fancy goods, cloaks, millinery, carpets, notions, 
toys and furnishing goods. It is always among the first to secure 
novelties in all the fabrics of the loom and factories. 

Wherever this trademark is seen it stands for 
goods of sterling worth and first-class quality. 

To Rochester alone the reputation of Burke's is 
not confined but hundreds of customers come to this 
store from the numerous towns and villages in this 
vicinity. It is a common expression for them to say like many residents 
of our city, " We've traded at Burke's for years." 

An enormous wholesale business is also done by Burke, Fitz- 
Simons, Hone Sc Co., which steadily increases year by year. Al! of 
the northeastern section of the country is frequently visited by their 
corps of traveling salesman. The new structure recently erected on 
North Water Street and connected with the retail building is devoted 
exclusively to wholesale trade. 

The building is one of the model structures of the city being 
built of brick and steel and absolutely fireproof. It has six stories, 
each of which is devoted to different departments of the wholesale 
trade. Among the pleasing features is the manner in which it is 
lighted as daylight comes through the spacious windows on all four 
sides of the structure. Another noticeable factor about the structure 
is the power plant which is up-to-date in every respect. There are 
installed three large generators which combined have a generating 
power of 400 kilowatts. Their electric power is utilized to light the 
building and generate power for operating the elevators. 

The boiler plant is equipped with a stoker furnace which pre- 
vents dust and ashes from covering the goods displayed as well as keep- 
ing the interior of the building clean, in addition to assisting to keep 
clear the city and atmosphere. The building has a frontage on North 
VV ater Street and extends back to Liberty Street where passage ways 
connect it with the retail department structure. 

With a continuance of the fair and liberal minded-policy that 
has been in operation since the inception of the dry goods establish- 
ment, judging by its past record, the present success of the dry goods 
establishment of Burke, Fitz Simons, Hone Sc Co., is bound to con- 
tinue as the vears roll on. 



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Rocliester and Lake Ontario Water Co. 

DURING the past four years the Rochester and Lake Ontario Water Co. 
has established a water supply system which caters to the water 
requirements of all the territory surrounding the City of Rf)chester. 
It has erected a very substantial pumping station at Rigney's 
Bluff and installed two powerful Corliss engines and pumps of the very latest 
style. It has also installed a filtering plant at an enormous cost which is 
constructed according to the latest scientific methods. TItc tilters are stupen- 
dous affairs, eight in number, occupy- 
ing an immense hall, and are so con- 
structed that there is a constant process 
of automatic cleansing going on during 
the filtering operations. 

The water is taken from a point 
about one mile from the lake shore at 
a depth of some 35 feet and pumped 
with such enormous force as to give a 
]iressure of 90 pounds at the company's 
fire hydrants. The standpipe at Cobb's Hill is the largest in the world and 
one of the strongest structures ever put together by the hands of skilled 
engineers. The pressure of the Company's water is great enough to send it over 
the highest buildings thus obviating the need of fire engines at conflagrations. 
The Company's mains are of the strongest cast iron and have been laid over 
its right of way along the tracks of the New York Central Railroad, the Buffalo, 
Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad, through the City of Rochester to Brighton, 
Fairport and Despatch. Also through the towns of Chili, Gates and Greece, and 
is about to extend the service into Irondequoit. The operations of the company 
are confined to the territory outside the city limits. It is already doing a great 
business completely revolutionizing conditions in the adjoining territory, increas- 
ing the value of property by supplying water for household purposes, rendering 
a vast area of property available for manufacturing purposes. The operations 
of this Company which has expended 
•1^3,000,000 in perfecting its plant, a good 
deal of which found its way into the 
coffers of our people, cannot fail of being- 
very advantageous to our city as a source 
of supply for material and labor. It has 
developed regions around us that had 
lain dormant for ^^ears as is instanced In- 
that section on East Avenue, east of the 
Auburn Railroad tracks on which there 
had not been built a single new structure for forty years, and where during the 
last year two large industries have Ijeen established and a number of substantial 
residences built,, which development is due entirely to the Rochester and Lake 
Ontario Water Company's operations in that section. 

It goes without -saying that new industries and residences will be continually 
grouping themselves along the lines of the Company's niiiins, and what is of 
momentous importance the new source of water supply will forever stand as a 
bulwark of safety to our city in case of any disaster occurring to the seventy odd 
miles of conduits upon whicli our city is solely dependent for its water supply. 
Pictures of the Company's puni])ing station and standpipe are shown above. 




JSy°LaMS J@F THE CHAKiBES. 




Article I— BOARD OF TRUSTEES 

Section i. The management of the concerns of the Corporation 
heing vested in fifty-four Trustees, with full power and authority to 
promote the objects for which it is organized, such trustees shall consti- 
tute and be known as the Board of Trustees. 

Sec. 2. The Trustees shall be elected by ballot at the annual 
meeting of the Corporation, of whom 1 8 shall serve for one year ; i8 for 
two years, and 1 8 for three years, or until their successors shall be elected 
and qualified, and their official term shall begin on the 1st day of January. 
In case of the death, resignation or disability of any Trustee, it shall be 
in the power of the Board to fill such vacancies for the remainder of the 
official term. 

Sec. 3. The Board of Trustees shall enact such rules as may be 
deemed expedient for the government of the Corporation, not inconsistent 
with the terms of the Statutes and existing by-laws. 

They shall hold regular meetings each month, except the months of 
July, August and September, on Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, pre- 
ceding the regular monthly meeting of the Corporation, which takes 
place on the first Alonday evening of the month for the transaction of any 
business brought before them. They shall, at the first regular meeting 
of each year, appoint the Standing Committees for the ensuing year. 

They shall, at the annual meeting, make to the Corporation a full 
report of its affairs and condition. 

In case any member shall absent himself from three consecutive 
meetings of the Board, without proper cause, his place may be considered 
vacant, and the Board shall be at liberty to fill such vacancy in the 
manner provided. 

Article II~0FFICERS 

Section i. The officers of the Association shall consist of a 
President, three Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer, all of whom 
shall be residents of the City of Rochester, over the age of twenty-one 
years, and, excepting the Secretary, elected from the Board of Trustees. 

Sec. 2. The President and Vice-Presidents shall be elected by bal- 
lot at the annual meeting of the Corporation, and shall hold their offices 
for the term of one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified. 

Sec. 3. The Treasurer shall be elected by the Board of Trustees 
at their first regular meeting each year, and shall hold his office for one 
year, or until his successor is elected and qualified. 

Sec. 4. The Secretary shall be appointed by the Executive Com- 
mittee, and receive such compensation as they shall agree upon and shall 
serve during the pleasure of the Committee. 

Sec. 5. The official terms of all officers shall begin on the first day 
of January. In case of the death, resignation or disability of any officer 
of the Corporation, it shall be in the power of the Board of Trustees to 
fill such vacancies for the remainder of the official term. 



70 ROCHESTER 1906 

Article III— DUTIES OF OFFICERS 

PRESIDENT 

Section i. The President shall preside at the meetings of the 
Corporation, and the Board of Trustees. He shall, at the annual meet- 
ing of the members of the Corporation and at such other times as he 
shall deem proper, communicate to the Corporation or to the Board of 
Trustees such matters and make such suggestions as may, in his opinion, 
tend to promote the prosperit}' and welfare, and increase the usefulness 
of the Corporation. He shall receive all bonds given to the Corporation, 
and shall deposit the same vi^ith the Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit 
Company, and shall also perform such other duties as are necessarily 
incident to the office of President of the Corporation. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS 

Sec. 2. In the absence of the President, the Vice-Presidents, in 
the order of their seniority, shall have all the powers and perform all the 
duties of President ; and in case of the absence of the President and 
\"ice-Presidents, the Board of Trustees shall designate one of its members 
President pro tern. 

SECRETARY 

Sec 3. The Secretary shall, under the direction and control of the 
Board of Trustees, keep, regularly entered in proper books of record, 
true and accurate minutes of all votes, acts and proceedings of the Asso- 
ciation, Board of Trustees, Executive and all other Standing Committees; 
issue all notices that may be required by the by-laws. President or other 
proper authority, and at the annual meeting report the transactions of the 
Corporation for the previous year. The accounts of the Corporation 
shall be kept by the Secretary in proper books belonging to the Corpora- 
tion, which books shall be at all times open for examination by the Board 
of Trustees or any committee of said Board. He shall take charge of 
the seal, books, papers and property of the corporation, attend the rooms 
of the Corporation during business hours, and shall devote his entire time 
and attention to the interests of the Corporation. He shall collect all 
moneys due to the Corporation, giving proper receipt therefor and pay 
the same over to the Treasurer without delay. He shall keep a complete 
list of the names and addresses of all the members of the Corporation. 
He shall conduct and keep proper records of all the correspondence of 
the Corporation ; furnish the Chairman of each Committee a copy of 
the resolutions whereby the Committee was appointed, and with any 
matter or matters, together with all papers relating thereto, that may 
have been referred to such Committee. 

TREASURER 

Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall receive all moneys from the Secretary, 
giving his receipt therefor, and shall disburse the same only upon the 
written order of the Executive Committee, countersigned by the Secre- 
tary. He shall carefully preserve all vouchers for the payment of money 
and securities of every kind belonging to the Corporation. He shall 
render a report of the annual meeting of the corporation, which report 



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shall be audited and approved by the Executive Committee before pres- 
entation, and shall report at such other times as the Board of Trustees 
may direct. He shall give a bond in a penal sum, to be fixed by the 
Board of Trustees, for the faithful performance of his duties, such bond 
to be procured from a duly organized Fidelity or Guaranty Company, and 
paid for by the Corporation. 

Article IV— COMMITTEES 

STANDING COMMITTEES 

Section i. There shall be appointed each year by the Board of Trus- 
tees the following Standing Committees from the members of the Corpora- 
tion, each committee to consist of nine members, including a chairman. 

Four shall constitute a quorum of each Standing Committee : 

On Manufacturers and Promotion of Trade. 

On Railroads and Transportation. 

On Public Improvements. 

On Statistics and Publications. 

On Legislation. 

On Postal Facilities, Telegraphy and Insurance. 

On Membership. 

On Engineering. 

On Municipal Affairs. 

On Housing. 

On Sanitation. 

On Taxation. 

On Water Supply. 

On Trade Excursions. 

On Entertainment. 



No. 


I. 


No. 


2. 


No. 


3- 


No. 


4- 


No. 


5- 


No. 


6. 


No. 


1 • 


No. 


8. 


No. 


9- 


No. 


lO. 


No. 


1 1. 


No. 


12. 


No. 


13- 


No. 


14. 


No. 


15- 



executive committee 



Sec. 2. There shall be an Executive Committee, consisting of the 
President, the three V^ice-Presidents, the Treasurer of the Corporation 
and Chairman of Standing Committees. Six shall constitute a quorum. 



Article V— GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF 
COMMITTEES 

executive committee 

Section i. The Executive Committee shall, subject to the control 
of the Board of Trustees, have general control of the rooms, property 
and finances of the Corporation. It shall act as an Advisory Committee 
to the Secretary and direct the preparation of the annual report of the 
Board. It shall make all purchases, audit all bills and claims against the 
Corporation, and direct their payment if approved. It shall report, at 
each regular meeting of the Board of Trustees, the state of its finances. 
It shall appoint the Secretary of the Corporation, and fix the amount of 
all salaries and compensation for services. It shall consider all nomina- 
tions for membership, and report the same regularly to the Board of 
Trustees, and in general be charged with the atKancement of all the 
general objects of the Corporation. 



72 ROCHESTER 1906 



STANDING COMMITTEES 



Sec. 2. Exceptint? as otherwise expressly provided by the By-Laws, 
each Standing Committee will have power to adopt regulations for their 
own government and procedure ; to declare a vacancy after three suc- 
cessive absences of a member thereof, and to order and arrange for the 
convenient discharge of their duties, by correspondence or through Sub- 
Committees, or otherwise. It shall be the duty of every Standing Com- 
mittee to examine into and make report upon all matters referred to 
them by the Board of Trustees; and any Standing Committee may also 
consider any question relating to the special work of such Committee and 
report their views upon the same to the Board for its consideration. 
All Committees shall report all propositions or actions to the Board of 
Trustees, for its concurrence or dissent, and no Committee shall have 
power to bind the corporation to concur in the action of any such Com- 
mittee, unless specifically directed so to do. 

Article VI— MEMBERSHIP AND DUES 

MEMBERSHIP 

Section i. Any person, firm or corporation, recommended by the 
Executive Board and elected by the Trustees of the Chamber of Com- 
merce shall become a member of the Association. 

Sec. 2. All applications for membership of the Corporation must 
be made in writing, contain a statement of the occupation and qualifica- 
tions of the applicant, and be addressed to the Executive Committee for 
consideration. If the Executive Committee approve the application they 
shall report the same to the Board of Trustees for election at any regular 
meeting. If the applicant shall be declared elected, and within thirty 
days after being informed of such election shall pay to the Secretary of 
the Association the regular dues and sign the Constitution and By-Laws, 
such applicant shall, thereupon, become a member of this Corporation, 
and receive a certificate of membership. 

Sec- 3. Any member of this Association may be expelled by a 
majority vote of all the members of the Board of Trustees, provided that 
the Executive Committee shall recommend such expulsion. 

Sec. 4. Any member in good standing, and not being in arrears to 
the Corporation, may withdraw upon filing with the Secretary a written 
notice of his intention. 

Sec. 5. Each membership shall be entitled to but one vote, but no 
member in arrears for dues shall be entitled to vote. 

Sec. 6. The interest of a member in the property of the Corpora- 
tion shall cease and determine upon the determination of his membership, 
either by death, expulsion or resignation. 

DUES 

Sec. 7. The annual dues of the Corporation shall be twenty dollars, 
payable to the Secretary on the first day of January in each year, and all 
members failing to pay the same within three months from the date on 
which they are due shall be deemed to have relinquished their member- 
ship, and the same shall be forfeited, and such parties shall thereafter be 
admitted only as new applicants. 



ROCHESTER 1906 73 

Article VII— MEETINGS AND QUORUM 

Section i. The annual meeting and election of the Corporation 
shall be held on the first Monday of December in each year, at eight 
o'clock in the evening, at such place as the Hoard of Trustees may desig- 
nate. Notice of the time and place of such meeting and election shall 
be given by publication of the same in one or more of the daily news- 
papers of the City of Rochester, and posted on the bulletin board in the 
rooms of the corporation for at least ten days previous to said meeting 
and election. And if for any reason such annual meeting shall not be 
held on the first Monday of December, it shall be the duty of the Presi- 
dent to call such meeting within two weeks thereafter, in the manner as 
stated above. 

Sec. 2. The Corporation shall hold regular meetings on the first 
Monday of each month, excepting December, July, August and Septem- 
ber, at 8 o'clock p. m., for the consideration of such subject matter as 
may be directed by the Board of Trustees, and no business other than 
that named for said meeting shall be entertained, even though unanimous 
consent be had. 

Sec. 3. Special meetings of the Corporation may be called at any 
time upon the request, in writing, of the President, Executive Commit- 
tee, or twenty-five members of the Corporation, addressed to the Board 
of Trustees, and specifying the purpose thereof, provided said Board in 
session shall approve of such call by a majority present and voting. 
Notice of such special meeting shall be given by mailing a copy of the 
same to each member of the Corporation at least two days previous to 
said meeting, which notice shall state the specific object for which the 
meeting is called, and no business shall be considered or transacted at 
such special meeting other than that named in the call therefor. 

Sec. 4. The Board of Trustees shall hold regular meetings on the 
last Wednesday of each month, at 4 o'clock p. m., for the transaction of 
regular business. 

Sec. 5. Special meetings of the Board of Trustees may be convened 
at any time by order of the President or Executive Committee, or upon 
the written request of ten members of the Board, addressed to the Secre- 
tary, and upon such order being issued, or written request made, it shall 
be the duty of the Secretary to call such meeting, provided that one 
day's notice by mail of the time and object of the meeting shall have 
been given to each member of said Board, and also provided that no. 
other business except that designated in such call and notice shall be 
acted upon. 

Sec. 6. VV^henever the day fixed for holding any stated meeting of 
the Corporation or Board of Trustees shall fall upon a legal holiday, the 
meeting shall be held on the day following. 

Sec. 7. Thirty members of the Corporation shall constitute a 
quorum at any regular or special meeting thereof. Twelve members of 
the Board of Trustees, six members of the Executive Committee, and 
four of each Standing Committee, shall constitute a quorum of each 
respectively. 

Sec. 8. At the regular November meeting of the Board of Trustees 
the President shall appoint a committee of seven members of the Cham- 
ber (not of the Board of Trustees), whose duty it shall be to present 
the names of candidates to be voted for at the next annual meeting 



74 ROCHESTER 1906 

of the Chamber. The names of the candidates so selected shall be 
posted upon the bulletin board at least ten days previous to the annual 
meeting. Additional nominations may be posted over the signatures of 
fifteen members of the Chamber at least five days previous to the annual 
meeting. No names of candidates not so posted shall be considered at 
such annual meeting. 

Article VIII— ORDER OF BUSINESS 

Section i. At all regular meetings of the Board of Trustees, the 
order of business shall be as follows : 

1. Roll Call. 

2. Reading of Minutes. 

^. Reading of Communications. 

4. Official Reports. 

5. Reports of Standing Committees. 

6. Reports of Special Committees. 

7. Unfinished Business. 

8. Election of Members and Officers. 

9. Miscellaneous Business. 

This regular order of business may at any meeting be temporarily 
suspended by a vote of two-thirds of the members present. 

Sec. 2. The order of business at all annual meetings of the Cor- 
poration shall be prepared by the Executive Committee, who shall file 
the same with the President and post a copy on the bulletin in the rooms 
of the Corporation at least ten days previous to such meeting. 

Sec. 3. In all cases involving points of Parliamentary Law, not 
provided for by the Constitution or By-Laws, Robert's Rules of Order 
shall be accepted as authority. 

Article IX— SEAL 

Section i. The Corporation shall have a seal with suitable device, 
containing thereon the name and date of the formation of the Corpora- 
tion, which shall be in charge of the Secretary, and shall be affixed by 
him only to certificates of membership, unless otherwise instructed to 
affix the same by order of the Board of Trustees. 

Article X— LIABILITY 

Section i. No officer, committee or member of the Corporation, 
or other person shall contract or incur any debt on behalf of the Corpor- 
ation, or in any way render it liable, unless authorized by the Board of 
Trustees or Executive Committee. 

Article XI— AMENDMENTS 

Section 1. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or added to 
by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members voting at 
any meeting of the Corporation, in the call for which notice of the pro- 
posed change shall be given ; provided that any such alteration, amend- 
ment or addition in specific form shall have been first approved by a 
majority of the Board of Trustees present at a meeting of said Board. 



ROBERT A. HADCKR 
MICHAEL DOYLE 
CHARLES F. (rARFIELD 
J. GEORGE KAELBER 
BENJAMIN E. CHASE 
JOHN M. IVES . 



President 

First Vice-President 

Second Vice-President 

Third Vice-President 

Treasurer 

Secretar}- 



Executive Committee 



Robert A. Badger 
William C. Barry 
Benjamin E. Chase 
Henry C. Brewster 
Michael Doyle 
Charles P. F"ori) 



Charles F. Garfield 
James S. Graham 
H. B. Hathaway 
J. (tEorge Kaelber 
A. B. Lamberton 
Max Lowenthal 



Edward W. Peck 
Griff D. Palmer 
George W. Rafter 
L. P. Ross 
Rufus A. Sibley 
L. a. Wetmore 



One Year 

Charles J. Brown 

B. E. Chase 
Charles T. Chapin 
T. B. Dunn 

W. H. Duffett 
Louis J . Ernst 
Charles P. Ford 
Isaac J. Fisher 
James S. Graham 
Henry B. Hathaway 
D. B. Murphy 

C. Herbert Ocumpaugh 
Griff D. Palmer 
(reorge W. Rafter 

L. P. Ross 

Wm. A. Sutherland 

Rufus A. Sibley 

G. Schminke 

L. G. Wetmore 



Board of Trustees 

Two Years 
Levi Adler 
Wilmot Castle 
Michael Doyle 
J. (ieorge Kaelber 
A. B. Lamberton 
Max Lowenthal 
H. W. Morgan 
J. Y. McClintock 
John C. McCurdy 
Joseph J. Mandery 
William T. Plumb 
E. P. Reed 
William S. Riley 
W. H. H. Rogers 
M. B. Shantz 
R. J. Strasenburgh 
William H. Wray 
Philip H. Yawman 



Three Years 
Robert A. Badger 
Henry C. Brewster 
William C. Barry 
Henry Barnard 
George R. Fuller 
H. B. Graves 
Charles F. Garfield 
William B. Hale 
Lipman Holtz 
S. C. Langslow 
Percy R. McPhail 
William S. Morse 
Philip Present 
Clinton Rogers 
L. L. Stone 
C. W. Trotter 
A. L. Thompson 
A. B. Warren 



E. Frank Brewster 
D. C. Hebard 
James L. Hotchkiss 



Legislation 
A. B. Lamherton, Chairman 

T. B. Dunn 
Edtjar N. Curtice 



B. E. Chase 
Chas. T. Chapin 
Geo. F. Roth 



Postal Facilities, Telegraphy and Insurance 

James S. Graham, Chairman 

H. F. Atwooi) Milton Clark 

P. S. Johnston Edward S. Clarke S. C. Langslow 

Charles E. Ogden Geo. W. Robeson W. W. Smith 



Charles J. Brown 
Wm. E. Dugan 
E. G. J^Iiner, Jr. 



Manufacturers and Promotion of Trade 

Hexrv C. Brewster, Chairman 

W. P. Davis 
F. A. Brownell George F. Gallagher 

Geo. H. Smith F. A. Stecher 



John F. Alden 
Charles M. Everest 
Henry S. Mackie 



George S. Crittenden 
Frantz Haverstick 
H. S. Searle 



H. P. Brewster 
F. C. Loebs 
Irving Rouse 



Public Improvements 
Wii,Li.\M C. Barrv, Chairman 

(xeorge C. Buell 
H. W. Morgan 

Statistics and Publications 
Edward \V Peck, Chairman 

L. B. Elliott 
Max Wineburgh 

Railroads and Transportation 
MiCH.\Er, DovLE, Chairman 

\V. H. Duftett 
(reorge Dietrieh 

Membership 

Chari.es F. G.\rfield, Chairman 



A. S. DeForest 
R. H. Gorsline 
Walter B. Duffy 



Charles S. Gibbs 
Walter H. Price 
Roman Wolfert 



William Karle 
E. p. Reed 

George B. Watkins 



William C. Barry, Jr. 
J. George Kaelber 
William T. Plumb 



Robert N. Curtis 
Phillip Will 



A. R. Helmer 
P. Ralph Plass 
Julius I. Wile 



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77 



James E. Booth 
Joseph Farley 
A. T. Hagen 



Engineering 



Georc.e W. Raftrr, Chairman 

Edwin i\. F"isher 
P. \'. Crittenden H. B. Graves 

J. V. MfClintock L. (t. Wetmore 



James Ct. Cutler 
Mathias Kondolf 
Erickson Perkins 



Municipal Affairs 
L. P. Ross, ('hairman 

Granger A. Hollister 
William H. Smith 



I^ouis Holtz 
Creorge H. Perkins 
William A. Sutherland 



E. J. Burke 
Louis J. Ernst 
D. B. Murphy 



Dr. R. A. Adams 
Dr. John M. Lee 
Clinton Rogers 



Edward E. Bausch 
Charles H. Palmer 
Hiram Siblev 



Housing 
Griff D. Palmer, C/iairman 

H. S. Brewer 
M. B. Shantz 

Sanitation 

Max LowENTHAr., Chairman 

Levi Adler 

IJr. Charles R. Sumner 

Taxation 
RrFVS A. Siblev, Chairman 

George Eastman 
V. M. Smith 



Charles T. Crouch 
Henry P. Neun 
C. W. Trotter 



C. S. Kellogg 

C. H. Ocumpaugh 

Z. F. Westervelt 



Ah ram J. Katz 
John C. Powers 
Julius M. Wile 



John Bradley 
Wilmot Castle 
C. H. Mason 



Water Supply 
H. B. Hathaway, Chairman 

Henry Barnard 
Robert M. Mvers 



Watson A. Brown 
William A. Hubbard, Jr. 
Julius Stoil 



H. W. Bramley 
D. M. Garson 
D. B. Murphy 



Max Brickner 
S. B. Hershey 
A. J. Townsoii 



Trade Excursions 

L. (t. Wetmore, Chairman 
I). ^L Edwards 
R. A. Hamilton 
Simon L. Steefel 

Entertainment 
CiiAKi.E.s P. Ford, Chairman 

.1. X. Beckley 
Clinton Rogers 



L. S. Foulkes 
John C. ]\IcCurdy 
J. A. Seel 



A. H. Dewey 
Harold C. Kimball 
Arthur Warren 







Adams. R. A PhysiLian 4 IN Powers H\Ag. 

Adler, T-. Brotht-is \- Co Clothing Manufacturers 92 St. Paul St. 

Aikenhead, W Tallow Renderer 60 Front St. 

Alden, John P .\meriean Bridge Co 301 Powers Bldg-. 

Aldridge, George W.. Hon 9G Plymouth Ave. 

Allen Bros.. E. P. Allen. Atty..Real Estate 7 0S Powers Bldg. 

Alliance Bank Hobart F. Atkinson, Pres. . .183 Main St. E. 

American Brewing Co F. C. Loebs. Pres. & Mgr...2.50 Hudson Ave. 

Amsden Bi'os Rankers . . : Powers Bldg. 

American Express Co L. Bordwell, Gen"! Agent. . .103 State St. 

Andrews, E. K.. Printing Co A(iuediiet Bldg. 

Anstice, Josiah & Co Hardwai-e Specialties Mfrs. ..220 X. "Water St. 

Ashley, Egbert F.. Co Insurance Agency 202-208 Granite Bldj 

Atlantii' Staniiiing Co Fred H. Beach. Pres 180 Ames St. 



Babcock, H. H. it Co Coal Dealers 10 :\lain St. W. 

Bache, J. S. i*t Co Bankei's & Brokers. 

Max Brickner, Mgr 141-14.5 Powers Bldg. 

Barker <Si Jordan Brokers 430 Powers Bldg. 

Barnard & Simonds Co Chair ^Manufacturers T^ower Falls. 

Bartholomay Brewery Co St. Paul cor. Vincent Sts. 

Barlow & Decker Insurance Agents 16 State St. 

Bastian Bros Manfrs. Celluloid and ]\Ietal 

Novelties; Jewelry 69-8 9 Mt. Hoiie Ave. 

Baumann. l\lax Druggist 386 Hudson Av. 

Bausch, Edw. E. tt Son. . . . Opticians 6 :Main St. E. 

Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.. Manfrs. Optical Instruments, 51.5 St. Paul St. 

Beach, Fred G Advertising 14 Rundel Park. 

Beckley, J. X Pres. T., H. & B. Ry.. and 

Pres. Pneumatic Signal Co.. 414 Beckley Bldg. 

Bell Telephone Co Alvin H. Dewey. Dist. :Mgr..T7 X'. Fitzhugh St. 

Bennett, B. G General Agent Xorthwestern 

.Mutual Life Ins. Co 808-816 Granite Bldg. 

Bennie, Charles B District Freight Solicitor, 

Xorthern Central Railway, 103 A\'ilder Bldg. 

Benjamin, J. A Cash Registers 23 Sonth Ave. 

Bickford, Edward C Shoe Dealer 503 Chamber of Com. Bids 

Bickford-Schantz Co Wholesale and Retail 

Furniture and Bedding. .. 1 1 5-1 23 Central Ave. 

Bingeman & Baxter Button Joljbers 202 c.iurt St. 

Binswanger, Max Fancy Goods 4 St. Paul St. 

Booth, James E....Pre.-;. Monroe County Savings Bank ..35 State St. 



ROCHESTER 1906 79 

Bradstreet Co., The Wm. W. Steele, Supt 412-420 Granite Bldg. 

Brewer, H. S Real Estate Xational Theater Bldg. 

Brewster, Crittenden & Co . .Wholesale Grocer.-; 44-50 St. Paul St. 

Brewster, Gordon & Co Whole.sale Grocers 39 X. AVater St. 

Brewster, Henry C, Hon. . . .Pres. Traders National Pank..4:) State St. 

Brewster, H. P Tobacconist 7 7 Main St. E. 

Bi-own Brothers Co Nurserymen Rochester, N. Y. 

Brown, Selden S Surrogate Monroe County. . .Court House. 

P.rown. Watson A Treas. Pilot Ribbon and 

Carbon Co 349 Powers Bldg. 

Brownoli, F. A Photographic Apparatu.^. . . .333 State St. 

Huell, George C. Co Wholesale Grocers 37-39 Exchange St. 

Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Co :Main St. W.. cor. Washington. 

Burke. FitzSinKtns. H<>ne& <"o.. Wholesale and Retail 

Dry Goods 122 Main St. K. 

lUirr .*t Starkweather .Agricultural Implement.';. ... 43 Stone St. 

Butts J. DeWitt 420 Livingston Bldg. 



(.'alder. Robert Tin, Copper t*c Sheet Iron. . . .sti Exchange St. 

("■arson. Wm. Sz Chas. H Stone Contractors ',4 Plymouth Ave. 

Castle. Wilmot Co Sheet Metal .Specialties 17 Elm St 

Central Rank Benjamin E. Chase, Pres. . . Wilder Bldg. 

Chapin. Louis S Leaded Gla.ss Worker 3.S Exchange St. 

Chase Brothers Co Nurserymen 1 Pitkin St. 

c^hristy Engraving Co till Central Bldg. 

City Realty Co c. C. Clark. President r^i N. Fitzhugh St. 

Clark :\lilton Co Insurance Agents 407 Chamber qf Com. Bldg. 

Clark. A\'. X. i*i Co Canned Goods. Preserves, Etc. Hollenbeck St. 

Claik. C. S Pres. Commercial Corres- 

liondenee Schools 2 7 Church St. 

Cluni ,s:- .\ikinson Ihass Fotmdry olo Lyell Ave. 

Cohn. H. C. & Co Neckties 210 Andrews St. 

Commercial Bank ("has. H. Babcock. Pres 47 Main St. E. 

Cooley, William H Patent Solicitor S12 Powers Bldg. 

Coon, Willis H Attorney and Counsellor 16 State St. 

Co-Operative Foundry Co. . .Stoves and Furnaces 1.5 Hill St. 

Crouch, (.'has. T. & Son Co.. Lumber, Doors, Sash, Etc... 99 West St. 
Cross Bros. Co Belting-leather, Saddlery. 

Hardware. Etc 114 Mill St. 

(^urtice Bros. Co Canned Goods, Preserves. Etc. Curtice St. 

Curtis ,^t ("'urtis Lawyers 16 State St. 

Culler Manufacturing Co. . . .Mail Chutes ("utler Bldg. 

D. 

Dake Drug (\i W. w. Dake. President 217-221 Main St. E. 

Davis. W. P. .Machine Co .... .Machinery & Machine Tools. 130 :\Iill St. 

Davis, J. C. Co .M. F. Bristol. Treas.: 

Granite Flouring Mills.... Foot of Piatt St. 

Davy. Cassius C Lawyer 2 East Side Savings Bk. Bldg. 

Day. Harper R Real Estate 31 State St. 



80 ROCHESTER 1906 

Delninger Bros Bakers 392 North St. 

Denniston & Co General Contractors 600-603 E. & B. Bldg. 

DeForest, Ailing- S Landscape Architect 223-225 Sibley Blk. 

Donovan, P. J Plumber 705 Lake Ave. 

Doyle, Michael & Co Evaporated Fruits 26-32 White St. 

Dresser, George B Broker 107 Ellwanger &- Barry Bldg. 

Drew-Allis Co., The Directory Publishers 729 Powers Bldg. 

Dugan & Hudson Co Shoe Manufacturers 85 Allen St. 

Dunn, T. B. Co F^erf umers and 

Manfr.'^. of Sen-Sen Ill N. Water St. 

Dun, R. G. & Co Mercantile Agency 75 State St. 

D-Zerta Food Co O. E. Gliddon, Pres.. 

Manfr-s. Food Products. ... 410-420 X. Goodman St. 

E. 

Eastman Kodak Co Kodak, Cameras and 

Photographic Materials ... .343 State St. 

East Side Savings Bank Benjamin E. Chase, Pre.s . . . .Main St. E. & Clinton Ave. S. 

Eastwood, Wm. & Son Co. . . .Boots and Shoes 176 Main St. E. 

Edwards, E. W. & Son Department Store 132-142 Main St. E. 

Elliott, L. B General Advertising 707 Chamber of Com. Bldg. 

Ellwanger & Barry Nurserymen 286 Mt. Hope Ave. 

Engert, George & Co Coal 306 Exchange St. 

Erie Foundry Co Iron Pounders 330 Lyell Ave. 

Erie Railroad Co A. M. Chamberlain, 

Division Freight Agent. . . . :^5 Court St. 

Ernst, Louis & Sons Hardware and Cutlery 129-131 Main St. E. 

Everest, Chas. M First V.-Pres., Vacuum Oil Co. Granite Bldg. 

F. 

Fee Bros. Co Importers, Rectifiers; Whole- 
sale Wines and Liquors. . . .21-27 N. Water St. 

Fidelity Trust Co J. C. Powers, Secretary 2 Main St. W. 

Firman & Webb Insurance 110 Wilder Bldg. 

Fish & Horton Co Electrical Contractors 123 Mill St. 

Pishbaugh, F. L Real Estate 407 Powers Blk. 

Fisher, Edwin A City Engineer 52 City Hall. 

Fisk, Chauncey M Merchant Tailor 35 East Ave. 

Ford, C. P. & Co Shoe Manufacturers 12 Commercial St. 

Foster-Armstrong Co Piano Manufacturers 348 Main St. E. 

Fry, E. R Flori.st 7 4 Cottage St. 

Fritzsche, Frank & Son Hides and Skins 62-66 Front St. 

Friederich, A. & Sons Co . . . .Masons 207 Ellwanger & Barry Bldg. 

Fulton, Newell C Clerk Appellate Court Court House. 

Furlong, Henry M .Broker 117 Powers Bldg. 

G. 

Galusha Stove Co Manfrs. of Stoves 167 Court St. 

Gallagher, George F The Gallagher Improved 

Furnace for Steam Boilei-s.455 Lake Ave. 

Gander, Louis Night Lunch Cafe 22 Cady St. 

Garson, D. M. & Co Clothing 123 Main St. E. 



ROCHESTER 1906 81 

Garfield, C. F. Real Estate Co I Exchange St. 

Genesee Valley Trust Co 21 Exchange St. 

Genesee Brewing- Co Brewers and BotLler.s :i4.5 St. Paul St. 

Gillies Lithographic and Printing Co., The 46 Stone St. 

Gibbs, Charles S Harness and Horse 

Furnishing Goods 9 3 State St. 

Glen Bros Nursei^men 117 Cutler Bldg. 

Gordon & Madden Architects 3 00 Sibley Blk. 

Gottry, Sam. Carting Co. ... Freight Deliveries 

and Furniture Movers. ... Powers Bldg. 

Graves, H. B Furniture, Etc 7S State St. 

Graeser, Wm. V. & Co :\Ianfrs. of Fine Furs 31 Clinton Ave. S. 

Graham, J. S., Postmaster .. .Pres. Rochester Gas Engine 

Co.; John Leary, V.-Pres.; 

W. J. Graham, Sec.-Treas. .707 Driving Park Ave. 
Griesheimer, Louis & Steefel.. Clothing 134 Main St. E. 

H. 

Hagen, A. T., Co IManfrs. Laundry Machinery.. 5.5 North St. 

Haines, J. D Agent Pennsylvania Ry 81 West Ave. 

Ham, C. T. Mfg. Co Lanterns, Etc 731 Oak St. 

Hamil, B. P Resident Manager 

Remington Typewriter Co.. 4 2 Main St. W. 
Hamlin, F. H Vice-President 

Genesee Valley Trust Co. . . 21 Exchange St. 

Hammill, John P. . ., Contractor and Builder 5 Bauer St. 

Hamilton, R. A Propr. The Semple Grocery. ..44 Main St. E. 

Hart, A. Vernon Automobiles; Auto Garage. . .Carlton St. 

Hathaway & Gordon Ale Brewers 93 N. Water St. 

Harned, B. C Restaurant, Bakery, 

Caterer, Etc 157 Main St. E. 

Hebbard, Delbert C Judge Municipal Ct)urt 35 City Hall. 

Henry, J. P Agent Wells, Fargo & Co . . . . 4 7 S(a(c St. 

Hershey, S. B Pres. and Mgr. American 

Lyceum Union 22S South Ave. 

Hickey & Freeman Co Clothiers 143 St. Paul St. 

Higgins, Edward F Boarding & Livery Stable. . .84-90 N. Fitzhugh St. 

Higgins, E. M. Co Liquors 18 Main St. W. 

Hinds, J. A. & Co Corona Flour Mill; 

W. H. Duffett, Pres Murray St. 

Hollister Lumber Co Lumber and Coal 316 X. Goodman St. 

Holtz, Louis & Sons Clothing 82 St. Paul St. 

Hotchkiss, James L County Clerk Court House. 

Howe <S: Rogers Co Carpets, Oil Cloths 

and Mattings 8 0-8 4 State St. 

Howlett Bros Rubber Goods 5 5 jMain St. E. 

Hoyt, David Secretary Monroe County . 

Savings Bank 3 5 State St. 

Hubbard & Eldredge Co . . . . Mnfrs. Fancy Chaii-s 39 West St., near Lyell Ave. 

Hunt, J. K Paper Box Manufacturer. . . .190 :\rill St. 

Hunting Compan\', The Plumbers' Supplies and 

Steam Fitters' Supplies. .. .432-438 IMain St. E. 



82 ROCHESTER 1906 

I. 

Ingmire & Thompson Funeral Directors 64 Clinton Ave. S. 

International Seed Co S. E. Brewster, President. . . .55 Parlt Ave. 

J. 

Jeffreys Undertaker 33 Chestnut St. 

Jenkins & Macy Co Wholesale & Retail Coal Yds.lOO Cutler. Bldg. 

Johnston, James Insurance Agent 147 Powers Bldg. 

Johnston Real Estate Co. . . .P. S. Johnston, Pres 41 South Ave. 

Jones, Frederick H Pictures 60 Main St. W. 

.Tudson Governor Co Governor Manufacturers Brown's Race. 

K. 

Kaelber, J. George 5 87 University Ave. 

Karle, William Pres. Karle Litho. Co 280-286 Central Ave. 

Katz, Abram J 345 East Ave. 

Kee Lox Mfg. Co Typewriter Supplies Vincent Parlv. 

Keller, J. B. Sons Florists 2 5 Clinton Ave. X. 

Kimball. Harold C N19 Chamber of Com. Bids 

Knapp, Homer Contractor, Builder and 

Real Estate 5 2 Triangle Bldg. 

Knowlton, M. D. Co Paper Box Machinery ]\Ifr.s. .29 Elizabeth St. 

Kohlmetz, Chas. E. & H. L. . Architectural 

.Wrought Iron Works 178-180 N. Water St. 

Kondolf Bros. Ice Co Hemlock Water Ice 105 Main St. E. 

L. 

Lamtaerton, A. B., Hon Real Estate. 303 Ea.st Ave. 

Langslow, Fowler Co Chair Manufacturers 63 South Ave. 

Lawyers' Co-Opei-ative Publishing Co Aqueduct Bldg. 

Leader, John & Sons Co Stable 2 3 Arlington St. 

Lee, John M Physician and Surgeon 179 Lake Ave. 

Lehigh Valley Ry. Co M. P. Howell, City Frt. Agt. .312 Granite Bldg. 

Lent, George A Real Estate 4 45 Powers Bldg. 

Likly, Henry & Co Trunk & Bag Manfrs 155 Main St. E. 

Little, A. P Manfr. Typewriter Supplies. .409 Powers Bldg. 

Lowenthal, Max & Bro Manfrs. of Knit Goods 422 Clinton Ave. S. 

Luther, John & Sons Co. .. .Carpenters & Contractors. .. 162 North St. 

31. 

Maiauley-Fien Milling Co. . .Merchant Millers 4-6 Gi-aves St. 

Mackie Piano, Organ 

and Music Co H. S. Mackie, Pres 100 State St. 

Mandery, Joseph J Masons' Supplies 158 South Ave. 

Mandeville & King Co Seedsmen 187 Main St. E. 

Martin, John W. & Bro Music Store 73 State St. 

Maselli, Frank A General Contractor 47 Dartmouth St. 

Mason Bros Proprietors Swiss Laundry. . 93 Exchange St. 

Mathews & Boucher Hardware 2 6 Exchange St. 

Maurer, Geo. C. (Estate) .... Grocei-s and Steamship Agts..l49 Main St. E. 

McCurdy & Norwell Co Wholesale and Retail 

Dry Goods 285-291 Main St. E. 

McClintock, J. Y County Engineer Court House. 



ROCHESTER 1906 83 

McGreal Brothers Li(iuor Dealers 25 North St. 

Mechanics Savings Bank. . . .Chas. M. Everest, Pres 18 Exchange St. 

Merchants Bank P. R. McPhail, Pres 12.5 Main St. E. 

Mesner & Swenson Proprietors Powers Hotel. 

Meyer, Benjamin S Capitalist; Real Estate 

and Investments 610 German Insurance Bldg. 

Miller, Giles B Piano Store 63 State St. 

Milman's, S. Sons Fruits, Etc 292 Main St. E. 

Millspaugh & Green Co., The..C. S. Kellogg, Mgr 9 State St. 

Miner, E. G., Jr Vice-Pres. Pfaudler Co 11.5 Cutler Bldg. 

^klock. J. E Photographer 200 Sibley Blk. 

Moll. Maurice IMusician 125 University Ave. 

Monroe Brewing Co John F. Bartels, Pre.s 955 Clinton Ave. N. 

Montgomery. Wm. J. & G. E.. General Contractors 605 Ellwanger & Barry Bldg. 

Moore, John C. Corporation. .Blank Book Mfrs. & Printers. 69 Stone St. 

Moore, Willard E Banker :J9 State St. 

Moore & Fiske Undertakers 262 Court St. 

Morgan Machine Co H. W. Morgan, Mgr. & V.-Pr..46 Piatt St. 

Morse, Wm. B. Lumber Co. .Wm. S. Morse, Pres 82 West Ave. 

Moseley & Motley Miling Co. .Flour City Roller Mills Mill St. 

Myers, Robert M. Co Paper "Warehouse 

and Printers' Materials. .. .29 Exchange St. 

X. 

National Bank of Rochester German Insurance Bldg. 

National Bank of Commerc. . T. J. Swanton. Vice-Pies. . . ..3 4 State St. 

National Car Wheel Co Leighton Ave. 

National Casket Co. . B. E. Chase, Treas 124 Exchange St. 

Neun. Henry P Paper Box Manfr 131 N. "Water St. 

N. Y. C. & H. R. R. Co C. F. Daly, Pass. Traf. Mgr. .Grand Central Depot, N. Y. 

New York Hydraulic- 
Press Brick Co E. J. Burke, Gen'l Mgr 27 St. Paul St. 

Newberry, C. K Prop. I. S. Disbrow Box Fcty..7 Aqueduct St. 

Newcomb, Thos. AV Shoe Manufacturer 251 Sanford St. 

Northway, Thos. J Bicycles and Automobiles. ... 92 Exchange St. 

O. 

Oaks, George J Oaks & Calhoun 117 :\Iain St. E. 

Ogden, Charles E Newspaperman and Oils 14 S. Washington St. 

Osgood & Davis Patent Lawyers 8 04 Wilder Bldg. 

Otis Elevator Co 198-210 Commercial St. 

Otis, Lyman M City Treasurer 16 City Hall. 

P. 

Paine Drug Co., The 24 :\Iain St. E. 

Palmer, Charles H V.-Pr. Traders National Bk..45 State St. 

Palmer. C. M. & Son Real Estate 319 Powers Bldg. 

Parry. Samuel R Paper Box and Printing Ma- 
chinery; Glue & Pasteboards.191 State St. & 6 Allen St. 

Plass, P. Ralph. Merchant Tailor 2 Triangle Bldg. 

Plumb & Plumb Attorneys 612 Wilder Bldg. 

Poole. Harry Otis Attorney-at-Law 338-339 Powers Bldg. 

Post. R. S. & H. A. Tarbox. .Real Estate 425 Powers Bldg. 



84 ROCHESTER 1906 

Powers Commercial Fire-Proof Buildings Co 101 Powers Bldg. 

Present. Philip Wholesale Jeweler&Optician.. 207 Chamber of Com. Bldg. 

Price & Palmer Co "Wholesale Fish & Oysters. . . 115 Front St. 

Primrose, George L Mgr. S.S.White Dental Mfg.Co.5 07 Chamber of Com. Bldg. 

Protective Life Association .. Geo. A. Oliver, Asst. Sec'y. . 247-251 Powers Bldg. 

Proseus, F. W Dentist 238 Monr.oe Ave. 

Pryor, Henry H. Co Investments. Public Auditors, 

Real Estate 315 Wilder Bldg. 

Pullman Mfg. Co Hardware Specialties Allen St. & Plymouth Ave. 

R. 

Rafter, George A\' Consulting Engineer 195 Kenwood Ave. 

Reed. E. P. & Co Manufacturers Shoes Goodman cor. Anderson Ave. 

Rhees, Rush, D.D., LL.D. ... President University of Rochester. 
Riley & Dietrich Wholesale Butter, Eggs, 

Cheese, Poultry, Produce.. 121 Main St. W. 
Ritter, Frank President and Treasurer 

Ritter Dental Mfg. Co.... 5 5 St. Paul St. 
Roch. Brick & Tile Mfg. Co. .W. H. H. Rogers, Pres.-Treas.. 243 Powers Bldg. 

Rochester Distilling Co Lake Ave. cor. White St. 

Roch. Railway & Light Co 3 4 Clinton Ave. N. 

Roch. German Insurance Co..H. F. Atwood, Secretary. ... 19 Main St. W. 

Rochester Railway Co 26 7 State St. 

Rochester Savings Bank. . . .Thos. H. Husband, Sec'y.... 47 Main St. W. 

Roch. Trust & Safe Deposit Co. .J. Moreau Smith. Pres Main cor. Exchange St. 

Rochester Box & Lumber Co Piatt cor. Warehouse Sts. 

Rochester Telephone Co Geo. R. Fuller, Gen. Mgr. . . .59 Stone St. 

Rochester Carting Co 162 Andrews St. 

Rochestei' Candy Works 407 State St. 

Rochester & Eastern Rapid Ry., J. H. Pardee, Gen. Mgr. . . Canandaigua, N. Y. 
Rochester and Lake 

Ontario Water Co Harry Bowers Mingle, Pres. .440 Powers Bldg. 

Rochester News Co., The. . . .H. P. Hemmingford, Mgr. . . .27 Church St. 

Rochester Sewer Pipe Co . . . . R. H. Gorsline, Pres 545 Oak St. 

Rochester Show Case Works.. Smith Sheldon, Prop 182 N. Water St. 

Rochester and Southern 

Construction Co G. A. Engert; T. S. Mulcahy. . 20 Exchange St. 

Roch. German Publishing Co. .Publishers Roch. Abendpost.. 237-239 Andrews St. 
Rochester Bill Posting Co... A. C. Stahlbrodt, V.-Pres.; 

Outdoor Display Advertis'g. 286 State St. 

Rochester Stamping Co Geo. W. Robeson, Pres Anderson Ave. 

Rosenbloom, Morris & Co. . .Jewelers 143 Main St. E. 

Ross, Lewis P Boots & Shoes, Wholesale. . . 60-6 6 St. Paul St. 

Rothschild, B. & Co Clothiers 149 St. Paul St. 

Rouse, Irving Nurseryman 981 Lake Ave. 



Sargent ■ & Greenleaf Co.... Bank, Safe and 

Key Lock Manufacturers. .178 Court St. 

Sabey, Frederick F Awnings 170 South Ave. 

Schlegel, Frederick & Sons. .Florists 770 South Ave. 

Schlegel ATfg. Co .Carriage, Hearse and Casket Trimmings. 2 7 Canal St. 



ROCHESTER 1906 85 

Sihniinke, G. & C Fuiniture 137 Main St. K. 

Scrantom, AN'etmore & Co... Books and Stationei\- 21-23 State St. 

Searle, H. S Real Estate 466 Clinton Ave. X. 

Security Trust Co Edward Harris, President. . .103 Main St. E. 

J. A. Seel Co Grocers 334 Main St. E. 

Shantz, M. B. Co Button Manufacturers 300 State St. 

Shantz, M. B Button Manufacturer Monroe Ave. & Rutgers St. 

Shumaker, John T Mechanical Engineer Whitcomb House. 

Sibley, Hiram (Estate) 100 Sibley Blk. 

Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co. . .Wholesale and Retail 

Dry Goods 22S-26S Main St. E. 

Siddons, John Co., The Architectural Copper 

& Galvanized Iron Work.. 61-65 X. Water St. 

Sill Stove Works Stove Manufacturers 324 Oak St. 

Sloan, Samuel & Co Plumbers Supplies,Wholesale.67 Exchange St. 

Smith, W. W Dentist 6 3 East Ave. 

Smith, Beir & Gormly Wholesale Dry Goods 37 St. Paul St. 

Smith, Perkins & Co Wholesale Grocers 15 Exchange St. 

Smith, George Herbert, Hon. .Lawyer 50 Trust Bldg. 

Smith, J. Hungerford Co. . . . Mfrs. Soda Fountain Syrups, 

Crushed Fruits & Extracts. .410-420 N. Goodman St. 

Smith, John P. Printing Co 72-74 Exchange St. 

Smith, W. E. B Xeckwear Manfr., & Pres. 

Century Men's Wear Co. . .309 Cox Eldg. 

Snook-McClellanlnvestm'tCo 730 Granite Bldg. 

Snow Wire Works A. R. Helmer, Sec'y; 

Wire & Artistic Metal Work. 7 6- S 4 Exchange St. 

Spader & Perkins Stock Brokers 134-139 Powers Bldg. 

Stacy, O. T. Co Confectionery Manfrs 15 2 Clinton Ave. N'. 

Standard Sewer Pipe Co 8 Caledonia Ave. 

Standard Brewing Co 13 Cataract St. 

Stecher Lithographic Co 242-300 N. Goodman St. 

Stephens, J. B. M., Hon Special County Judge Court House. 

Stenzel, Charles Millwright 3 Graves St. 

Stone, H. D., Co Props. Irving Mills Brow-n's Race. 

Stone, L. L. & Co Woolens 108 Cox Bldg. 

Storey, Wm. R Civil Engineer 510 Ellwanger & Barry Bldg. 

Strasenburgh, R. J. Co Manufacturing Chemists. . . .156-160 West Ave. 

Sullivan, Wm. H Lawyer 347 Powers Bldg. 

Sumner, Charles R Physician 33 Clinton Ave. S. 

Sutherland, Wm. A., Hon. . . .Lawyer 911 Wilder Bldg. 

Swift, T. i^- Son Gold Leaf Manufacturers. ... 72 Spring St. 

T. 

Taylor Brothers Co . Thermometer and Barometer Manfrs. .Ames St. 

Teall Catering Co 139 East Ave. 

Telegraph Signal Co J. H. Halleran, Gen'l Mgr., 

Tel. Signals & Supplies. ... 409-410 Wilder Bldg. 

Thorns, C. M Real Estate 129 Powers Bldg. 

Todd, Fred S. Co Shoe Manufacturers 17 5 N.Water & 27 X'.Wash'fn. 

Trotter, C. W. & Sons Refrigerators, Furnaces, 

Ranges (special work) ... .7 East Ave. 



86 ROCHESTER 1906 

U. 

Union and Advertiser Co 22 Exchange St. 

Union Trust Co F. W. ZoUer, Sec'y 25 State St. 

United States Express Co F. E. Best, Agent 61 State St. 

United States Automobile Co..H. S. Woodvvorth, Pres 21 Plymouth Ave. 

V. 

Vacuum Oil Co 12th floor Granite Bldg. 

VanBergh Silver Plate Co. . .Silverware Manfrs 224 Main St. W. 

Van Hoesen. Frank P Paper Hangings, 

Paints & Window Shades. .43 Main St. E. 

Vetter, August Pres. Vetter Desk Works. . . .58 River St. 

Vogt Mfg. & Coacli Lace Co.. Casket & Carriage Trimmings.332 St. Paul St. 
Vredenlnirg <S: Co Printers 228-236 South Ave. 

W. 

Wackerman. George W Stereopticon Operator 233 Spring St. 

Wadsworth, Herbert Avon, N. Y. 

Walter, J. A. P. & Son Fire Marshal 41 City Hall. 

Warren. A. B ' Sec'y, Treas., and Mgr., 

George R. Fuller Co 15 South Ave. 

Watkins, George B W. H. Glenny & Co ]92 Main St. E. 

Watkins, John W Vice-Pres. & Tieas. Frey- 

Watkins Co., Coal Dealers.. 15 8 Main St. E. 
Weaver, Palmer & Richmond. .Hardware, Agr. Tools, Etc... 33 Main St. E. 

Webb, Walter F First National Nurseries Rochester, N. Y. 

Wegman, Andrew J Printer and Engraver 2 9 N. Water St. 

Wheeler-Green Electric Co . .Electrical Contracting 57-59 St. Paul St. 

Wineburgh, Max Street Car Advertising 323 Sibley Bldg. 

Weis & Fisher Co Furniture 50-54 State & 445 Clinton Av.N. 

Weldon, George & Co Paper Hangings 113 Main St. E. 

Weller, J. L Dentist 41 El wood Bldg. 

Westervelt, Z. F Supt., Ins. for Deaf Mutes. .945 St. Paul St. 

Wetmore, George M Pres. American Mfg. & Min- 
ing Co.; Blacking Manfrs. .10-12 Jay St. 
Whitmore, Rauber & Vicinus.. Stone Yard, Street 

Contractors, Cement Walks..279 South Ave. 

Whipple, George C. Co Furniture 136 Main St. W. 

Whipple, M. P Mgr. Smith Premier T.W. Co. .36 Exchange St. 

White Wire Works Co., The. .J. O. Callaghan, Sec. & Treas.. 47 Exchange St. 

Wile, Julius M Mgr. Security Trust Co 103 Main St. E. 

Wile Power Gas Co Mfrs. of Gas Producers 212 Cutler Bldg. 

Wilkins, Herve D Music Teacher 543 Powers Bldg. 

Wilson, J. C Sec. & Treas. J. C. Wilson Co.. 39 Main St. E. 

and City Assessor 2 City Hall. 

Wisner, Henry C, Co W. B. Gates, Treas.; 

Cut Glass, China, Etc 7 7 State St. 

Wollensak Optical Co Manfrs. Photo Shutters 

and Lenses 280 Central Ave. 

Wood & Neel Co Shoe Manufacturers 8 Commercial St. 

Woolworth, F. W. & Co Variety Store; 

F. E. Ward, Mgr 160 Main St. E. 



ROCHESTER 1906 

Wolcott, James E 13 S. Goodman St. 

Wolfert Bros General Insurance 25 Triangle Bldg. 

Wray, Henry & Son Brass Founders 195 Mill St. 

Wright. W. G Gen. Agt. U. S. Health and 

Accident Ins. Co., and Re- 
liance Life Ins. Co Ill Powers Bldg. 



Yates, A. G Pres. B., R. & P. Ry. Co ... . Roch. Savings Bank Bldg. 

Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co. . . .Office Filing Devices 340-350 St. Paul St. 



Associate Members 



Clarke, Franklin Drugs and Books Albion X. Y. 

Barber, Aaron Farmer Avon 

Markham, "W. G Treasurer Pfaudler Co " 

Puffer, C. C " 

Cleveland, M. A Contractor Erockport 

Moore, W. H Shoe Manufacturer " 

Shannon, R. C Capitalist " 

McLaughlin. J. R Prest. The Lisk ^Ifg. Co . . . .Canandaigua 

McLaughlin, J. L Vice-Prest. "■ .... " 

Parkhur.st, L. A Sec. & Treas. •' .... " 

Denise Bros ^Merchants Charlotte 

Post, Joseph Druggist " 

Burke. W. H Real Estate Broker t'lifton Springs 

Roe, George G . ..Merchant Clyde 

Olmsted. Theo. F Cashiei- Genesee River Na- 
tional Bank Geneseo 

Fraser, E. E Merchant Hilton 

Kinney, Martin Real Estate " 

Brown, H. E Cashier Genesee River Na- 
tional Bank :^rt. :Morris 

Sherman. S. F Opera House Newark 

Martin. T. \V Pres. & Gen. Mgr. 

Reed Mfg. Co " 

Bowman. ^A'm. H Drugs and Groceries Palmyra 

Garlock. Olin J Manfr. Steam 'Packings "• 

Scott, Walter I Attorney Perinton 

Ashe, Thomas F Pittsford 

Mather, E. B Dried Fruits; 

Coal and Brick Lime Sodus Center 

Locke Insulator ;Mfg. Co.. Tlic.Manfrs. Glass and Porcelain; 

High Voltage Insulators; In- 
sulator Pins & Specialties. . .Victor 

Hawley, G. N Merchant Webster 

Hallauer, George J. W. Hallauer & Sons, Ex- 
porters and Manfrs. Evap- 
orated Apple Product Webster 

Humphrey, W. J Banker Warsaw '. . 



i^, Austin iiJrrlUStrr. Orrrmbrr 18, 1903 
l|ntnj 0- ^tnnr, ifrliruanj 21, 1904 

Jamrs 1Bi*arkrtt, Marth 7, 1904 
HtUiam UtrtnuB. Apni s, 1904 

UiUiam 1. iHlirSP, ^r^.trnUirr 3, 1904 

Mm. Hi. AltrriU, o^rtuiirr 14, 1904 

A^nlpl) iF- ^rl)ltrU, SJirmlirr 28, 1904 

i>tmrint (S. (Eurlirr, ifrbruaru 7, 1905 
3. iHiUrr SvrUy. ifrimtaru 14, 1905 
Jf^rriiprtrk (Ennk, ifriTuani 17, 1905 
SMuarti A. ^lal|lbrniit, ifpitmarii 24, 1905 
i£. 1^. i>rrantmn, A^ni 13, 1905 
JFrriirnrU 5^. Allen, iWaii 3, 1905 
iFrank iFrttgsrlir. 3fHn«arii 2, 1906 
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H. B. GRAVES, 74-76-78 State St., cor. Market 

F. J. BRAVER. 705 Jay St. cor, Childs 

ROCHESTER ROOFING & HEATING CO., J5 Ambrose 

W, A. Mccormick, 528 state street 

KRAUSNECK, YAUCHZI & CO.. 307 Lake Avenue 

C, L, CLOSE & CO., 86 Reynolds Street 

C. ¥. RICHARDS, 177 West Avenue 



KENNEDY & CO,, 11 South Avenue 

J. H. BROWN, 571 North Street, cor. Woodward 

WM , ROHR, First Street, cor. Central Park 

L. J. MARCHAND, 488 Main Street East 

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A, GOLDMAN, 175 Joseph Avenue 

JAMES CROMBIE, 555 North Goodman Street 

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Produce Exchange 



Ticker in Ladies Department 

Both Phones 1547 



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Rochester Savings Bank 



INCORPORATED 1831 








nil 



RESOURCES 
JULY 1, 1905 
$21,602,259.55 

SURPLUS 
JULY 1, 1905 
$1,860,264.99 



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Money loaned on bond 
and mortgage. 

Deposits made on or 
liefore the third day of any 
month draw interest from 
the first of the month. 



RuFus A. Sibley 



Gr.-vnger a. Hollister | 



OFFICERS 1905 

HoBART F. Atkinson, President 

I Edward Harris, Attorney 

Vice-Presidents Henry S. Hankord, Treasurer 



Thomas H. Husband, Secretary 



TRUSTEES 



Edward Harris Granger A. Hollister Albert H. Harris Harold B. Brewster 

Hobart F. Atkinson Halbert S. Greenleaf Erickson Perkins George Eastman 

Rufus A. Sibley James S. Watson Josiah Anstice James G. Cutler 

Hiram \V. Siblev Thomas W. Finucane 



Barnard S? Simonds Co. 



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ROCHESTER, 
NEW YORK 

MAKERS OF 

Fine 
Chairs 

DINING 

OFFICE 

CHAMBER 

HALL 

LADIES' DESK 

SLIPPER CHAIRS 

ROCKERS 

SUPERIOR IN STYLE. CONSTRUCTION AND FINISH 




James Cunningham, Son ^Co. 



BUILDERS OF 



FINE HEARSES, CASKET WAGONS, 
AMBULANCES, COACHES, LANDAUS, 
BROUGHAMS AND CABRIOLETS 



WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SECOND-HAND HEARSES AND 
CARRIAGES WHICH WE ARE OFFERING AT REASON- 
ABLE PRICES. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. 

PHOTOGRAPHS AND DESCRIPTIONS MAILED ON APPLICATION 



REPOSITORIES : 
CHICAGO, ILL. ST. LOUIS, MO. 

BOSTON. MASS. NEW YORK CITY. 



FACTORY : 

ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



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Monroe County Savings Bank 

33 AND 35 State Street 
Rochester, New York 

INCORPORATED 1850 

RESOURCES, July 1, 1905, $17,561,355.26 
SURPLUS, - - - 1,617,812.68 




OFFICERS FOR 1905 

James E. Booth, President 
RuFUS K. Dryer, Vice-President David Hovt, Secretary and Treasurer 

Alexander M. Lindsay, Vice-President Wm. B. Lee, Attorney 



TRUSTEES 



George EUwanger 
Cyrus F. Paine 
James E. Booth 
Alex. M. Lindsay 
Rufus K. Dryer 



Eugene T. Curtis 
Marvin A. Culver 
Elias S. Ettenheimcr 
Henry A. Strong 



William Hamilton 
Thomas J. Devine 
Wm. B. Lee 
Edward W. Peck 



Pharcellus \'. Crittenden 
Edward Bausch 
Joseph Michaels 
William Carson 



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p. V. Crittenden 



Chas. p. Kingston 



Brewster, Crittenden & Co. 

IMPORTERS, WHOLESALE GROCERS, 
AND DEALERS IN FIELD SEEDS 




44. 46, 48 AND 50 ST. PAUL STREET 

ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



p. V. Crittenden 



Charles P. Kingston 
BOTH TELEPHONES 912. 



Robert Tait 



BREWSTER, CRITTENDEN COLD STORAGE CO. 

Wholesale Commission Merchants and Jobbers in 

BUTTER AND EGGS 

COLD STORAGE WAREHOUSE AND SALESROOM, 288 EXCHANGE STREET 
ROCHESTER. N. Y. 



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United States, State and City Depositary 



Traders National Bank 

Rochester, New York 
43 i3 4S State Street 

CAPITAL, $500,000.00 SURPLUS, $500,000.00 

OFFICERS 

HENRY C. BREWSTER, President 
CHARLES H. PALMER, Vice-President 
DARRELL D. SULLY, Vice-President 
CARROLL E. BOWEN, Cashier. 

HENRY F. MARKS | Assistant Cashiers 

WTLLIAM J. TRLVIBLE i 

DIRECTORS 

Henry C. Brewster, president 
John F. Alden Charles H. Palmer 

American Bridge Company Vice-Pres't Genesee Valley Trust Co. 

George C. Buell Clinton Rogers 

George C. Buell & Co., Wholesale Grocers Howe & Rogers Co., Carpets 

Charles P. Ford D. D. Sully 

C. p. Ford & Co., Shoe Manufacturers Attorney at Law 

Frederick C. Loebs James E. Wolcott 

President .\merican Brewing Co. Director Genesee Valley Trust Co. 



Safe Deposit Vaults ^«\",^™,\™or' 

Exceptionally large and secure, with ample accompanying conveniences for box renters. 
Boxes $2.50 and Upwards, Per Annum. 

Secure storage for papers or more bulky valuables at reasonable rates. 
EDWARD D. CHAPIN, Supt Safe Deposit Vaults. 



Thoroughly equipped for prompt and efficient service in every depart- 
ment of Banking Business. 

Interest paid upon Special Deposits. 

Inquiry invited from those seeking new or additional banking facilities. 



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ROCHESTER CARTING 
COMPANY 



[ROfHLSlIRC'U?Jlv;fo 
SAFE 

BOILETR.MACHINERY 

FREIGHTakoFURNITURE 

MOVERS 




G. F. ROTH, Prest. 
H. A. ZIMMER, Vice-Prest. 

CHAS. W. WEIS, Secy, 
and Treas. 



Our new Electric Automobile Trucks are at your service. The moving of heavy 
machinery a specialty. Our Trucking service is unsurpassed. Freight, Safes, House- 
hold Goods, etc., moved. Storage facilities of the best. Prices moderate. 

Offices 162-164 Andrews St., and 24-48 N. Washington St. 

Bel! Phones 205 A. 205 D Stables. 728 - Rochester Phones 205, 2205 Stables 820 

STORAGE WAREHOUSE No. 1, 162 ANDREWS ST. 
STORAGE WAREHOUSE No. 2, Mt. HOPE AND SOUTH AVES. Rocfi. Phone 5994 



The Yates Coal Company 



Coal and 
Coke 



General Office 

First Floor Elwood Building, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 

Telephones 311 



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Alliance Bank 

CAPITAL, $275,000 SURPLUS, $225,000 

RESOURCES, $7,000,000 

INTEREST PAID ON SPECIAL DEPOSITS AND 
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AT PREVAILING RATES 




OFFICERS 



HoBART F. Atkinson, President 
James G. Cutler, Vice-President 
Albert O. Fenn, Vice-Pres't and Cashier 



John P. Palmer, First Assistant Cashier 
Charles L. Barton. Assistant Cashier 
Thomas E. Lannin, Assistant Cashier 



Hobart F. Atkinson 
James G. Cutler 
Hiram W. Sibley 



DIRECTORS 

?fK»Tr?''^^"'^" Fernando E. Rogers Thomas W. Finucane 

Albert O Fenn Abram J. Katz Walter S. Hubbell 

Charles E Angle James S. Watson Henrv A. Strong 

John C. Woodburv Alexander M. Lindsav 



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Established 1857 



Howe & Rogers Co, 

ilmpnrtrrs 

WlinlrsalrrB 

Srtatlrrs 

CARPETS 
RUGS 

DRAPERIES 




Largest store of its kind m the state outside 
of Greater New York 



The Central Bank 



OF ROCHESTER 



OFFICE, WILDER BUILDINQ 

Bank Open from io a. m. to 4 p. m. 
Saturdays Close at 12 

CAPITAL, ----- $200,000 
SURPLUS and UNDIVIDED PROFITS, 205,000 

OFFICERS 

BENJAMIN E. CHASE, President 
GEORGE WILDER, Vice-President 
JOHN H. GREGORY, - Cashier 
H. H. CLAPP, - Assistant Cashier 



Benjamin E. Chase 
Charles E. Hoyt 
Erickson Perkins 
Johnson I. Robins 
W. H. Mathews 



DIRECTORS 

Harold P. Brewster 
William A. Sutherland 
George Wilder 
Wm. R. Peters 
William Pitkin 



Bernard Dunn 
John P. Bowman 
John H. Gregory 
Edward G. Miner 
Wm. E. Sloan 



New York Correspondents : 

Fourth National and NatiOxNal Park Banks 
Metropolitan Trust Company 

Foreign Drafts issued on all parts of the world. 

Letters of Credit available for foreign travel. 

Interest allowed on special deposits. 

We respectfully solicit the accounts of Corporations, Firms and 
Individuals, and are prepared always to furnish such depositors with 
business facilities consistent with their balances and standing. 

SPECIAL department FOR LADIES 



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POWERS BUILDING 




CAPITAL 
$200,000.00 

SURPLUS 
$200,000.00 



TRANSACTS 
A GENERAL 
TRUST 
COMPANY 

BUSINESS 



LEWIS P. ROSS, President JOHN CRAIG POWERS, Secretary 



lames E. Booth 
Walter W. Powers 
L. I.. Williams 
J. B. I'erlfins 
J. J. I-. Friedericli 



DIRECTORS 



Abram J. Katz 
Chas. H. Babcock 
A. B. Hone 
W. R. Seward 
L. P. Ross 



jcjhn Craig Powers 
Arthur T. Hagen 
Joseph Michaels 
George J. Keyes 
Gustav Erbe 



Edward Bausch 
Walter S. Hubbell 
A. O. Fenn 
Louis J. Ernst 



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Genesee Valley Trust Company 



'2\ Exchange Street 



CAPITAL, $300,000.00 SURPLUS, $120,000.00 



Accepts and Administers all Manner of Trusts 

Pciys Interest FOUR PER CENT. Even Months 

(WHETHER OVER OR UNDER $8oo) 

Solicits Accounts of Individuals, Trustees, Guardians, Executors and Administrators. 
Every courtesy and attention extended to depositors who do tiieir banking by mail. 

HENRY C. BREWSTER, President 

FRANK H. HAMLIN, CHARLES H. PALMER, Vice-Presidents 

CHARLES H. PALMER, Sec'y. HERBERT C. HOWLETT, Asst. Sec'y 

DI RECTO RS 



JOHN F. ALDEN 

.American Bridge Company 

LEO BLOCH 

Stein-Blocli Company, Wholesale Clothing 

CARROLL E. BOWEX 

Cashier Traders National Bank 

HENRY C. BREWSTER 

Pres. Traders National Bank 

GEORGE C. BUELL 

George C. Buell & Co., Wholesale Grocers 

R. TITUS COAN 

Cashier Citizens National Bank of Albion, N. Y. 

WILLIAM DEININGER 

Ocininger Bros.. Manufacturers 

THOMAS B. DL'NN 

President T. B. Dunn Co., Mfrs. Perfumes, etc. 

CHAS. P. FORD 

C. P Ford & Co., Inc., Shoe Manufacturers 

JAMES S. GRAHAM 

Postmaster of Rochester 

WILLIAM B. HALE 

President Lawyers Co-Operative Publishing Co 
Trustee Mechanics Savings Bank 

FRANK H. HAMLIN 

President Canandaigua National Bank. Canandaigua 

ALEX. B. LAMBERTON 

Vice-President East Side Savings Bank 

FREDERICK C. LOEBS 

President American Brewing Co. 

WILLIAM S. MORSE 

Vicr-Pre>^ident W. B. ,Morsc Lumber Co. 



W. HENRY MATHEWS 

President Rochester Printing Co 

Director Central Bank 

Vice-President East Side Savings Bank 

THOMAS M. OSBORNE 

President D. M. Osborne & Co., Manufacturers 
Mayor of Auburn, N. Y. 

CHAS. H. PALMER 

Vice-President Traders National Bank 

CHAS. E. RIDER 
Manufacturer 

CLINTON ROGFRS 

Howe & Rogers Co., Carpets and Draperies 
President Chamber of Commerce 

M. S. SANDFORD 

Vice-President and Cashier Geneva National Bank 
Geneva. N. Y. 

JOHN S. SHEPPARD 

Capitalist, Penn Yan. N. Y. 

FRANK A. STECHER 

President Stecher Lith. Co. 

DARRELL D. SULLY 
Attorney 
Vice-President Traders National Bank 

VALENTINE F. WHITMORE 

Whitmore. Rauber &- Vicinus, Contractors 
Director Merchants Bank 

JAMES E. WOLCOTT 
Capitalist 

WILLIS E. WO(M)BURY 

Merchant 



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PAPER BO;^ 
MACHINERY. 




^STAVING 
MATERIAL. 



M. D. Knowlton Company 



Manufacturers of 



Paper Box Machinery 




Mam OHice and Works : 



29-35 ELIZABETH STREET, ROCHESTER. N. Y. 



23 GOSWELL ROAD, LONDON 



203 and 205 Wooster Street 
NEW YORK CITY 



80 and 86 W. Jackson Boulevard 
CHICAGO 



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Union Trust Company 

OF ROCHESTER. N. Y. 

Located In their Own Building, 25 State St. 

Capital $ 200,000 

Surplus and Undivided Profits . . . 125,000 

Deposits 3,500,000 

OFFICERS 

FRANK TAYLOR . President 

GEORGE WELDON . ist Vice-President 

ALLAN B. ERASER ad Vice-President 

FREDERICK W. ZOLLER Secretary 

DIRECTORS 

C. Walter Smith, President Smith, Perkins & ^- ^- Van Biskikk, Publisher. 
Co., Wholesale Grocers. Frank Taylor, President. 

G. Eluert Taylor, President Taylor Bros Co., Elbridge L. Adams, Attorney-at-Law. 
Manufacturers of I hermometers. 



Adomh Si'iEHLER, Manufacturer of Perfumes. 



James D. Casey, Casey & Murray, Contractors. 
William S. Ely, Physician. 



Erickson Perkins, Member New York Stock 

E.xchang^e. Allan H. Fraser, Banker and Merchant, Hil- 

ton, N. V. 
Geori.e W. Archer, President Archer Mfg. Co. 

Director Merchants Rank. J. E. McKelvey, I'resident American Wo<id- 



working Machinery Co. 
Frederu K W. Zollek, Secretary. 



Martin- E. Wolli-, Fire Insurance. 

George Weldon, George Weldon 
President Merchants Bank. 

Charles L. Yates, Nurseryman. Hon. Arthir E. Sutherland, County Judge. 



George Weldon, George Weldon & Co.. Vice- 
President Merchants Bank. J. Crau; Powers. Secretary Fidelity Trust Co. 



The Union Trust Company Transacts a General Trust 
and Banking Business 

Legal depository for court and trust funds. 

Trusts executed ; wills administered ; guardian for infants. 

Money to loan on real estate or approved collateral. 

4^ Interest Allowed on Special Deposits 4^ 

Foreign Drafts Issued on all Parts of the World 
Office Hours 9 A. M to 4 P. M. 



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PATRONI/.H HOME INDrSTKV 



Sterling Range 




THE STOVE THAT 
IS CALLED THE 

''Has No Equal' ' 

IS 

MADE IN 
ROCHESTER 

BY THE 

SILL STOVE WORKS 

and sold by dealers in 
all parts of the city 

"Patriotism Begins at Home" 



The 

Schlegel Mfg. 

Co. 

Manufacturers of 

TEXTILE 

TRIMMINGS 



ROCHESTER, NEW YOKK 

U. S. A. 



Robert B. Wickes Geo. Lester Smith 

Merwin T. Daly 

The Abstract 
Guarantee Co. 

IOI2 German Insurance Building 

Makes Abstracts and Searches 

of Titles and Guarantees 

their Correctness 



Accuracy Cheapness 

Promptness 



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Of what Avail is Low Price 
\\ithout Dependable Quality? 



pJERBERT SPENCER'S great question, 
" What knowledge is of most worth? " 
is again agitating scholars. Of course, there 
are many ways of looking at it, but from a 
practical viewpoint it's extremely desirable 
at times to know where the best bargains 
are obtainable. What do we mean by 
"best bargains?" Goods of standard 
grades in style and season, just suited to 
one's needs, at lowest prices quotable for 
such qualities. 

Some folks, however, are apt to con- 
found low prices with big values, to assume 
that BECAUSE prices are low the goods 
must be cheap, overlooking the fact that 
NOTHING is cheap, that will not give 
satisfaction. That's why we never handle 
inferior grades, although such lines could 
be advertised at prices that would appear 
sensational — in print. 



ilr(Eur&y $c NorutrU (Eompang 



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Wm. B. Morse 

Lumber 

Co. 

Rochester, N. Y. 



BRANCHES 



Wm. B. Morse & Sons 

82 West Ave. 

Otis Lumber Co. 

936 Main St. East 

Hardwood Lumber Co. 
133 West Ave. 



GEO. A. BROOKS 



THOS. J. MURPHY 



Established 1899 



Brooks & Murphy 

STOCKS, GRAIN 
AND COTTON 



Offices 5 and 6, 16 State Street 



Our facilities for trading in the above 
are the best in this city. 

We have three direct wires to New 
York and our market gossip is unex- 
celled. 

Home Phone ijj 
Bell Phone I4g2 











Bonbright 
& Hibbard 

100 AND 102 

Powers Building 











Established 1884 

PHILIP PRESENT 

Wholesale 

Jeweler 

Watches, Diamonds, Silver 
Ware, Optical Goods, Materials 
and Tools. 



And everything pertaining to 
the jewelry trade. 



Second Floor of the 
Chamber of Commerce Building 

Rochester, N. Y. 



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Established 1868 Incorporated 1901 



E. N. CURTICE. Presidem and Tkf.asirek 

H. B. McKav, Vice- Pkesident 

R. A. BADGER. Secretakv 



Curtice Brothers Co. 

PRESERVERS 

Blue Label Ketchup and Soups 



CANNED FRUITS, VEGETABLES 
AND MEATS, JAMS, JELLIES AND 
PRESERVES TABLE DELICACIES 



Rochester, N. Y 



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F. P. Van Hoesen 

IVall 
Papers 

Paints, Oils, Varnishes 

MOULDINGS AND 
WINDOW SHADES 



WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 



43 and 45 Main Street, E. 




LARGEST FURNITURE HOUSE 

BETWEEN NEW YORK AND CHICAGO 




FURNITURE 

CARPETS 

DRAPERIES 

CROCKERY 

LAMPS 

STOVES 

KITCHEN 

UTENSILS 

CLOCKS 
PICTURES 



One Price 
to All 



Our model 9-room house, furnished complete, is located on the fourth floor. This 
is an object lesson in artistic home furnishing, and visitors are delighted with it. We 
give vou a cordial invitation to come and see it and take a look through the entire store. 



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State, Market and 
Mill Streets 



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Main Entrance 
78 STATE STREET 

Rochester. New ^'ork 



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P:STABLISHED 1826 

Smith, Perkins & Co. 

WHOLESALE GROCERS 
AND IMPORTERS OF 

TEA and COFFEE 

OUR COFFEE ROASTING PLANT IS EQUIPPED 
WITH THE LATEST AND BEST MACHINERY 

SMITH, PERKINS ^ CO. 

ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
Olean, N. Y. 











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No. 1 and lA 

Folding Pocket Kodaks 

They work with a snappy precision 
that is a mechanical deHght. 

Automatic iris diaphragm shutters, 
Meniscus Achromatic lenses. 

No. 1. 2-4 x3^4, $10.00 No. lA, 2^3 x 4^4, $12.00 

EASTMAN KODAK CO. 



Rochester. N. Y. 



Cnta/os^iies at the dealers 



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DWELLINGS 

BUSINESS 
BUILDINGS 

MAN'FACTURING 
POWER PLANTS 

APARTMENT 
HOUSES 

LOTS 



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We have these, well distributed 
throughout the city. Will sell at 
low prices, and on terms to suit, 
or will rent to desirable tenants. 



THE LENOX, COR. WEST AVE. AND PROSPECT ST. 



City 
Realty Co. 

of ROCHESTER 

Corner N. Fitzhugh 
AND Church Streets 



Charles C. Clark 

President 

S. F. Jenkins, Jr. 

lice-l'resident 

Gilman N. Perkins 

Scc'y and Treas. 

Kenoall B. Castle 

Counsel 



Telephones 1992 




realty BLILUINC 
Orticcs of the Company, corner North Fitzhugh and Church Streets 



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Established 1844 



THE LARGEST MAKERS OF 

Fine Trunks 



IN THE WORLD 




HENRY I.IKLV *■• CO. S TRUNK MANUFACTORY. LYELL AVENUE 

VISITORS TO ROCHESTER ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO CALL 

AND SEE US 



Retail Salesrooms 

155 Main Street, East 



Henry Likly & Company 

Lyell Avenue 
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 



ROBERT MATHEWS 



J. H. BOUCHER 



MATHEWS & BOUCHER 

Wholesale and Retail 

Hardware Merchants 




BUILDERS' HARDWARE 

CARPENTERS' 
TOOLS 

MANUFACTURERS' 
SUPPLIES 

HOUSE FURNISHING 
GOODS 

HORSE BLANKETS 

AGRICULTURAL TOOLS 

TINNERS' SUPPLIES 

SKATES AND 
SLEDS 

CUTLERY 

OIL CLOTHS 






26 Exchange St. 
Rochester, N. Y. 



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Ji. M^ 35 Main St. East 
12 AND 14 Mill Street 



WHOLESALE 
and RETAIL 



Hardware 



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Artistic Builders' Hardware 

Fine 
Mechanics' Tools 

Table and Pocket Cutlery 

House Furnishing 
Goods 

Agricultural Implements 

Dairy Supplies 

Poultrymen's Supplies 

Fruit Evaporators' Supplies 



Special Agencies: 

COLUMBIAN CORDAGE CO. 
Ropes and Binder Twines 

OI.IVKR CHILLED PLOW CO. -Plows 

S. L. ALLEN ©■ CO. 
Plane! Jr. Cultivators and Garden Tools 

AMERICAN EMERY WHEEL WORKS 
Emery and Corundum Wheels 

BATCHELLER & SON'S CO. 
Hay and Manure Forks 

O. AMES & SON'S CORP. 
Shovels and Scoops 

LANDERS, FRARY & CLARK 

Table Cutlery 

J. C. JEWETT MFG. CO. 
Refrigerators, Wheel Razors — Special 




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Pros, and Treas. 



L. D. Eldredge 

Vice-President 



Fred S. Miller 

Secretary 



Hubbard & Eldredge Co. 






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Fancy Rockers 



Cor. Lyell Avenue 
AND West Street 

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 



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SOLE MARKETERS FOR 


VACUUM O L COMPANY 


Rochester, 


N. Y., U. S. A. 


BOMBAY 


KOBE 


Vacuum Oil Comf^any 


Vacuum Oil Company 


FOR INDIA, CEYLON AND MAURITIUS 


FOR JAPAN 


BOSTON 


LONDON 


Vacuum Oil Company 


Vacuum Oil Company, Ltd. 


lOI MILK STREET 


FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM 


BUDAPEST 


MELBOURNE 


Vacuum Oil Company. R. T. 


Vacuum Oil Co. Prop., Ltd. 


FOR AUSTRO-HUNGARY, GREECE 


FOR ALL AUSTRALASIA 


BALKAN STATES AND TURKEY 






MOSCOW 


CAPE TOWN 


Vacuum Oil Company 


Vacuum Oil Company 


FOR RUSSIA AND WESTERN SIBERIA 


FOR ALL SOUTH AFRICA 




COPENHAGEN 
Vacuum Oil Company 


NEW YORK 

Vacuum Oil Company 

29 BROADWAY 


FOR DENMARK AND NORWAY 




GENOA 
Vacuum Oil Company, S. A. I. 

FOR ITALY 


PARIS 
Vacuum Oil Company, S. A. F. 

FOR FRANCE, BELGIUM, HOLLAND, 
PORTUGAL, SPAIN, SWITZERLAND, 


HAMBURG 


ALGIERS AND EGYPT 


Deutsche Vacuum Oil Comp'y 

FOR GERMAN EMPIRE 


SHANGHAI 

Vacuum Oil Company 


HONG KONG 


FOR CHINA, KOREA 


Vacuum Oil Company 


AND EAST SIBERIA 


FOR HONG KONG 
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 


STOCKHOLM 


STRAITS SETTLEMENTS 


Vacuum Oil Company, A. B. 


AND DUTCH EAST INDIES 


FOR SWEDEN AND FINLAND 


DISTRIBUTING WAREHOUSES IN THE PRINCIPAL 


CITIES OF 


THE WORLD 



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The Teall Catering Co. 

Parties^ Weddings^ Receptions^ Banquets^ Club Entertain- 
7nents, in or out of the city. Full Service. Modern Features. 

Hai.l for Private Dances, 
Dinner Parties, Etc. 



THE TEALL CATERING CO. 

139 East Avenue - - Rochester, N. Y. 

Telephones 281 



Old Colony €bair €o. 

9 Railroad Street 
Reproductions of ANTIQUE ChaIRS 

Chippendales, Sheratons, 
Hepplewhites 

John F. Forbes, Pres. & Treas. 

Geo. M. Forbes, Vice President. 

L. H. Forbes, Secy. 



American Drafting 
Furniture Co. 

13 Railroad Street 

Morse'' Drawing Tables, Drawing 
Boards, Blue Print Frames and Cars, 
Filing Cases. 

John F. Forbes, Pres. & Treas. 

Geo. M. Forbes, Vice President. 

L H. Forbes, Secy. 



Andrew Wollensak, President 

H. C. GORION, Vice-President & Treasurer 
J. C. Wollensak, Secretary. 



WOLLENSAK OPTICAL CO. 

MANUFACTURERS OF 

Photographic Shutters and Lenses 



280 central AVE. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y 



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BUTTONS. BUTTONS. WHO O 
MAKES THE BUTTONS . 



The Rochester Button Company 

MAKES MANY MILLIONS OF THEM FOR MENS WEAR 

Buttons Worthy of the Finest Fabrics and the 
Best Tailoring 





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-WE OCCUPY ALL OF IT 



THE LARGEST AND BEST EQUIPPED BUTTON 
FACTORY IN THE WORLD 



HENRY A. STRONG. 

Pres.JenI 

WM. R. PETERS. 

V,ce President 

H. K. ELSTON. 

Treas. anJ Gen. M,!r. 



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Makers of ■Buttons 
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BRANCH SALESROOMS 

New York Balt.more 

Philadelphia Boston 

Chicago Cincinnati 

San Francisco 



50 Years of High Grade Hardware 

Established in 1856 this store has always 
enjoyed a reputation for the high quality of 
its goods and the completeness of its assort- 
ments. This reputation we will continue to 
merit by providing the best goods produced. 

(otitic fV — '^he choicest goods from American, English and German 
makers 

lOOlS — o^ ^" kinds, for all trades and for all purposes. 

Manufacturers ' Tools and Supplies 

— of the best and in great variety. 



LOUIS ERNST & SONS 

129 Main Street, East 




A Part of the Operating Room 



ROCHESTER TELEPHONE COMPANY 

Important adjunct to the system that is giving popular 
telephone service in Rochester 



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GEORGE C. BUELL A. BYRON SMITH JOHN H. CHll.DS WILLIAM A. PEIAS 

Established 1 844 

GEORGE C. BUELL & CO. 

IMPORrERS AND 

Wholesale Grocers 



37-39 EXCHANGE STREET and 30-32 IRVING PLACE 

Rochester, New York 
l^ Auburn, New York 

Warehouse — Erie Canal Corner South Washington Street. 

Branch House— 25 and 27 Water Street, Aulnirn, N. Y 



THE 

BREWERS' EXCHANGE 

of Rochester, New York 
307 Ellwanger Gf Barry Building 



HENRY B. HATHAWAY, President 

MATHIAS KONDOLF, Vice-PreMdent 

JOHN C. ENDERS, Treasurer 

JAMES M ALLEY, Secretary 

Executive Coiiimittee 
J. Mii.i.KR Kelly John Bradley John F. Bartels 



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Commercial Bank 

47 Main Street East RocKester, N. Y. 

Office Hours. 10 A. M. to 4 P. M. 




CAPITAL, $200,000 
SURPLUS, $200,000 



Commercial Bank, April 187; 

Commercial National Bank, Juno 1S76 

Commercial Bank, May, iSyi 



OFFICERS 

Chas. H. Babcock, 
President 

Lewis P. Ross, 

Vice-President 

Thomas J. Swanton 
Cashier 

Robert Bannard, 

Ass't Casliier 



DIRECTORS 



H. W. Davis 
R. M. Myers 
Josiah Anstice 
C. H. Babcock 
L, P. Ross 



Henry Willis 
Edgar N. Curtice 
Charles J. Brown 
T. J. Swanton 
Frederick A. Slierwood 



N. Y. CORRESPONDENT, AMERICAN EXCHANGE NAl'IONAL BANK 

Interest Allowed on Special Deposits 

Foreign Drafts Issued on all Parts of the World 



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ROCHESTER 

HOME OF THE 

CELEBRATED BRANDS OF 
Pure Condensed Milk 



AND 



i>ui0et Qllou^r llrani 

PREPARED BY 

Mohawk Condensed Milk Co. 

ROCHESTER, N. Y., U. S. A. 



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J. Hunjj^erford Smith Company 



410-420 North Goodman Street 



Rochester, N. Y. 



The largest factory in the world devoted 
exclusively to the manufacture of 



"uJntr iiffnnt" §>iiita Jnmttaiu §^1^1^.11x^0 



Includinir, Concentrated Friu't Syrups, Crushed and Whole Fruits, 
Flavorinii Extracts, Soluble Extracts for Bottlers, etc. 



Hig'Hest Aivard at All tHe Great Expositions. 



Soi,D RV Al.I. THE LeAUIN(; WlKJl.ESAI.E DRUGGISTS AND WHOLESALE CoNE ECTIONE RS. 



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National Casket Company 



ROCHESTER N. Y. 



BENJ. E. CHASE, Treasurer 




22 Distributing Depots 



ALBANY, X. V. 
ALLEGHENY, PA. 
BALTIMORE, MD. 
BOSTON, NLASS. 
BUFFALO, N. Y. 
BROOKLYN, N. Y. 
CHICAGO, ILL. (2) 
NASHVILLE, TENN. 
HOBOKEN, N.J. 
HARLEM, N. Y. 



INDIANAPOLIS. IND. 
LOUISVILLE. KY. 
NEW YORK. N. Y. 
NEW HAVEN, CONN. 
ONEIDA, N. Y. 
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
PITTSBURGH, PA. 
WILLIAMSBURG, N. Y 
ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
SCRANTON, PA. 
SYRACUSE, N. Y. 



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Rochester N.Y 
Factories 




Canad^ian Factories' 

Newmarket Oniario 



Factories of the Yawman & Erbe Manufacturing Co. 



Y and E' 

Y and E' 

Y and E 

Y and E ^ 

Y and E' 



Executive Offices, Rochester, N. Y. 



Makers of " Y and E " Office Filing Systems 



INCLUDING 
Sectional Filing Cabinets 
Vertical System of Filing 
Card Index Systems 
Card Ledger Systems 
Commercial Report Systems 



Genuine Shannon System of Filing 
" Y and E " Check Filing Systems 
" Y and E " Legal Blank Systems 
" Y and E " Document Filing Systems 
" Y and E " Rapid Roller Letter Copier 



and other High-Grade Labor-Saving Office Devices 

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NEXT CORNER MAIN ST. 

Rochester is a splendid 

field for the 

investor. 

We manage many prop- 
erties which average 
over \0% net 
annuallv. 



Rochester 
Real Estate 

SOLD 

RENTED 

BOUGHT 

AUCTIONED 

EXCHANGED 



Property Managed 

Rents Collected 

LANDS AND BUILDINCiS 
APPRAISED 



FIRE INSURANCE 



Manufacturing Buildings and 

Sites on Railroads, Canal, 

River, Etc. 

Houses and Flats to Rent from $8 
Month Upwards. 
Houses For Sale from $i,ooo for Six-Room 
Cottage, and $i,8oo Upwards for Two-Story 
House with improvements. 

Terms $'50 to $500 down, balance easy 
monthly, quarterly or semi-annual payments. 



C'F- Garfield 
Real estate Company. 

I EXCMANCEST-CARFIEIDBLDC. 



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CUTLER BUILDINGS 

EAST AVENUE, MAIN STREET EAST AND STILLSON STREET 

For Space Apply at the Office, Room No. 216 




East Avenue Entrance, Cutler Buildings 
GENERAL OFFICES OF THE 

Cutler Manufacturing Company 

Sole Makers and Patentees of 

THE CUTLER MAILING SYSTEM 

It should be specified by name where the Standard Authorized Mail Chute Equip- 
ment is desired. Circulars, with specification form, detail showing space occupied, illustra- 
tions of various styles of special U. S. Mail Boxes, etc., will be sent freely on application. 



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Modern Lightin 



OUR 

FIXTURE 

DEPARTMENT 

embraces the latest de- 
signs of the leading 
manufacturers in every- 
thing pertaining to Gas, 
Electric and Combina- 
tion Fixtures, Bronzes, 
Mosaic, Art and Cut 
Shades. 

OUR 

WIRING 

DEPARTMENT 

is prepared at all times 
to estimate on Electric 
Light and Power Con- 
struction, Bell and 
Telephone Systems, and 
Automobile Charging 
Stations. 

OUR 

MOTOR 

DEPARTMENT 

is fully equipped with 
the most modern ma- 
chinery for rewinding 
armatures, refilling and 
turning commutators, 
repairs to motors, etc. 
Representatives of the 
General Electric Co. 

OUR STE.^DY GROWTH 
FOR THE LAST FIVE 
VE.ARS IS EVIDENCE OF 
F.'MR TRE.i\TMENT IN M.l. 
OEPART.MENTS. 




A CORNER OF Ot'R SHOW ROOM 




57-59 ST. PAUL STREET 



Wheeler-Green Electric Co 

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS 
Rochester, N. V. 



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Mechanics Savings Bank 

18 Exchange St., Rochester, N. Y. 

Interest allowed on accounts of $i,ooo and under at the rate of 4 percent, per annur 
On accounts exceeding $1,000, 3-2 percent, on whole account. 




Money Loaned on Bond and Mortgage 

OFFICERS 

Charles M. Everest, President 
J. J. Bausch, ist Vice-President S. G. Hoi.lister, Sec'y and Treas., Pro tern. 

Wii.i.iAM R. Sewaro. 2d Vice-President Fedor Willimek, Cashier 

Hale &c Bronk, Attorneys 

TRUSTEES 



Wm. R. Seward 
S. G. Hollistcr 
Jerome Keyes 
John J. Bausch 



Jas. H. Boucher 
A. H. Little 
Charles M. Ever 



W. J. Curtis 
Wm. E. Sloan 
George Weldon 



Louis J. Ernst 
Wm. B. Hale 

William Karle 
Charles C. Beahan 



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American Fruit Product Company 



Controlling Leading Brands of 



Cid 



er 



Cider Vinegar 
Apple Products 



EXECUTIVE OFFICES 



81 Lake Avenue 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Factory Sites and 
"Business Property 



A SPECIALTY 



H. S. BREWER 

IRcal 
Estate 

National Theater Building 

Rochester, N. Y. 



Rochester Phones 



( Office 399 

' Residence 468 



FORD & ENOS 



Bankers and Brokers 



High Grade ^onds 



201-203 Wilder Building 
Rochester, N. Y. 



TELEPHONES 
Rochester 995 Bell 995 Main 



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Stop Smoking 

and 

Save M 



oney 



I ECONOMY 
I CAPACITY 

WE GUARANTEE [ durability 

j AND 

SMOKELESSNESS 



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Murphy Automatic bmokeless rurnace 

Will burn cheap slack and show results usually obtained with 
expensive coal. C, Adaptable to any type of boiler, and units of 
any size. €L A comprehensive catalogue of our product is to be 
found in "Sweet's Index" in the office of every architect. 

MADE BY 

MURPHY IRON WORKS 



3 WALKER STREET 



DETROIT. MICHIGAN 



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New York 
Hydraulic-Press Brick Co. 

FACING BRICKS 

OF EVER\" DESCRIPTION 

HOLLOW BLOCKS 
& TERRA COTTA 



Only factory in the state using fire clay in its products. 



Works : 
NORTH STREET 

Canandaigua, N. v. 



Sales Office : 
27 ST. PAUL STREET 

Rochester, N. V. 



RocHester Distilling Company 

DISTILLERS 
RECTIFIERS IMPORTERS 




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Offices and Warehouse 

LaKe Avenue and "Vf^Kite Street, RocHester. N. Y. 



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Security Trust Corapany 

Capital, $200,000 Surplus, $385,000 

Resources, $10,800,000 

This Company Is autKonzed to act as Executor, Trustee, Administrator, 
or Assignee, transacts a general Banking Business, and solicits tne accounts 
of firms and individuals. Allows interest on deposits subject to check. 
Loans money on Bond and Mortgage and Approved Securities 

SAFES TO RENT IN SAFE DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. $5.00 A YEAR AND UPWARDS 
Special Department for Women 



Foreign 

Exchange 

and 

Letters 

of Credit 

at 

Lowest Rates 




OFFICERS 



EDWARD HARRIS, President 
JAMES S. WATSON. Vice-President 
ALEX. M. LINDSAY. V,ce-Pres,dent 



JULIUS M. WILE. V,ce-Pres,dent 
FRANK M. ELLERY, Secretary 
GEO. p. CULP. Assistant Secretary 



HARRIS & HARRIS. Counsel 



TRUSTEES 



Edward Harris 
Hiram W. Sibley 
Alexander M. Lindsay 
James S. Watson 
Henry A. Strong 



GeoriJe Eastman 
Rufiis K. Dryer 
Albert H. Harris 
Rufus A. Sibley 
Julius M. Wile 
Albert 0. Fenn 



J. Warren Cutler 
Granger A. Holliste 
Wm. E. Werner 
Joseph T. Ailing 
Thomas W. Finucan 
Morley A. Stern 



Geo. W. Ham 
E. S. Ettenbeir 
Charles Stern 
Charles M. Ev 
Carl F. Lomb 



Business established by Zebulon Hebard in 1851 



JOHN P. WESTON CO. 




Erected by John P. Weston Co., in Medina, N. Y. 



■BUILDERS OF 

Mausoleums, Monuments, Headstones 

DESIGNERS OF MANTELS AND WORKERS IN 
TILE, MARBLE INTERIORS, SLATE, BRONZE, ETC. 



Agents for the Famous Grueby Tile 

Office, 912-914 Granite Building 

Works, 766 Mount Hope Avenue 

ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



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Brewster, Gordon & Co. 



ESTABLISHED 1873 




JVholesale 


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DUFFY'S Pure Malt Whiskey 



Medicine 
for 
All 
Mankma 




At all 

Druggists ana 

Dealers, 

$1.00 per 

Bottle 



DUFFY MALT WHISKEY COMPANY 

Rochester, New York 



F. E. ROGERS, President 



A. R. HELMER. Secreta 



ORGANIZED 1834 
INCORPORATED 1901 



Snow Wire Works Company 



76-84 EXCHANGE STREET 



Artistic Metal TVork in Brass^ Bronze 
and Wronght Iron 



Some of Our Recent Contracts 



Alliance Bank 
Merchants Bank 



Cutler Building, Elevator Car and 
Enclosure 

Powers Hotel, Elevator Cars and Fronts „ ^ ^lu- r-i . r^ jc 

Croston Building, Elevator Car and Fronts 

Burke, Fitz Simons, Hone & Co., Eleva- 
tor Car, Wired Glass and Wrought Cornwall Apartments, Wrought Iron 
Iron Enclosure and Railing Fronts and Doors 



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Stops Smoke 



>aves 



Fuel 



)aves 



Money 




THE JONES STOKER 

"An Investment — not an Expense 
Some Rochester Boiler Plants We Have Equipped 



Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. ( 2 orders I 

Stecher Lithographic Co. 

Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics In- 
stitute 

Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Mfg. Co. 
(4 orders I 

Eastman Kodak Co. (2 orders) 

Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co. (2 orders) 

Home Laundry I F. J. Hafner) 

The Hayden Co. 

Monroe County Buildings 

Cutler Mfg. Co. Buildings 

Burke, Fitz Simons, Hone & Co. 

University of Rochester 

M. B. Shantz Co. 



American Fruit Product Co. 

Sibley Estate, Main Street Building 

Powers Hotel 

Powers Commercial Fire Proof Building 

Co. 
Rochester German Insurance Building 
Van Bergh Silver Plate Co. 
Pritchard- Strong Co. 
Rochester Laundry Co. 
Vacuum Oil Co. 
National Casket Co. 
B. R. & P. Ry. I 2 orders) Office Building 

and Lincoln Park Shops 
D. Armstrong Co. 



A REPRESENTATIVE LIST??? 



The Under-Feed Stoker Company 

OF AMERICA 
836-847 Marquette Building CHICAGO 



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MANUFACTURERS AND KXPORTKRS OF 




Ladies , Misses and 




Children's Fine Shoes 




Rochester .". .'. New York, U. S. A. 



We Are Doing Business 
With the World 

C P. Ford H: Company's export business reaches around the world. 
Its agencies penetrate all sections of the globe. 

A constantly enlarging foreign trade has made widely known the Ford 
name as a type of high-class Rochester-made foot-wear for women. 
Wherever clean-built and designed shoes for women's wear are sought, 
there is known the FORD product. 

A world-wide repute sends daih' unsolicited orders to us. 

Tne Reason ! 

WE HAVE THE RIGHT GOODS. WE KNOW HOW. 

The export shoe business calls for remarkable attention to detail if the 
customer is not to be subjected to serious difficulty in the receipt and dis- 
position of his wares. A long period of experience and careful study has 
especially qualified us to handle expeditously and without error all orders, 
small or large in volume. This of itself is an item of value to the foreign 
buyer. 

The .solidity and permanence of the Ford standing among leading 
shoemakers and consumers at home are verified and augmented by the 
sterling, growing reputation abroad. 



Foreign Oflices of 

C. P, Ford & Company 

LONDON, ENGLAND BERLIN, GERMANY AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND 

PARIS, FRANCE SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA 

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA 



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FRUIT TREES, SMALL FRUITS, including GRAPES; ORNAMENTAL 
TREES, EVERGREENS and FLOWERING SHRUBS for Public 

and Private Grounds; SHADE TREES for Streets; HARDY 

ROSES, HARDY PLANTS, CLIMBERS, Etc. 



C Our beautifully illustrated catalogue contains accurate and trustworthy descriptions 
of the choicest varieties, and is replete with practical hints indispensable to planters; 
it will be mailed FREE on application. 



Ellwanger Of Barry 



MT. HOPE NURSERIES 



Established Over 60 Years 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Archer Manufacturing Company 



PATENT BARBER, 
DENTIST & SURGEON 




Manufacturer, ot" 



PIANO STOOLS, 
ETC. 



CHAIRS 

Our New Pedestal Barber CHair 

The ROCHESTER No. 50 

Revolving and Reclining Movements. 



Revolving, Reclining, Ball Bearing 



with Extension Footrest, 
Raising and Lowering Mechanical De 



Special Styles of MIRROR C.\SES, 
latest and best designs. 

Our New Dental Chair, No. lo '„",:[ 

.\!1 the latest iuiiiroveiuents 

{ir/^c[^a^1^t,.ce ROCHESTER, N. Y. 

Branch OHice 
332 Eighth .4ve.. New York City. U. S. A. 




S. C. LANGSLOW 
Pres. 



P. A. FOWLER 
Vice-Pres. 



C. R. WOODWARD 
Sec'y. and Treas. 



Langslow, Fowler Co. -'^''•""f^j'""-" JFauni iSurUrra auiJ fHorriH CCbatrs 

Office and Factors 

63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75 South Avenue and 47 and 49 South Water Street 
Rochester, New York 




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Bauscli & Lomb Optical Co. 



MANUFACTURERS 



Microscopes Field Cilasses 

Microtomes Eyeglasses and Lenses 

Ckemicals Laboratory Supplies 

Pnotograpnic Lenses and Snutters 

ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



BR ANC HES : 

NEW YORK BOSTON 

CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO 

WASHINGTON 

FRANKFURT a/M. GERMANY LONDON, ENGLAND 



Bausch, Lomb, Saegmuller Co 

MANUFACTURERS 

Astronomical, Engineering, and other 
Instruments of Precision 



WASHINGTON, D. C. ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



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ROLFE CURLI NG 
IRON HEATER 
ATTAC H E D AND 
D ETAC H E D TO 
I N C A N DESCE NT 
LAM P 



ROLFE 




Wireless Curling Iron Heater 

YOU CAN USE IT WHETHER YOU KNOW 
ANYTHING ABOUT ELECTRICITY OR NOT 

No electrical connections — simply aujust the heater to the incandes- 
cent lamp and the electric current does the heating. The 
heater hoias the curling iron, thus saving time. 

NO DANGER FROM FIRE 
Price, $1.00 Net 



Further Particulars on Application 



ADDRESS 



Rolie Electric Company 

295-297 State St. Rochester, N. Y., U. S. A. 



Moore s Modern Methods 

Of Loose Leaf 
Book-Keeping 

DON'T COST MONEY — THEY SAVE IT 

Manulactured and Sold Only by the 

JOHN C. MOORE CORPORATION 

C Printers and Makers of everything in the line of Blank Books, 
Loose Leaf Ledgers, Post Binders, Clutch Binders and "Expan- 
sion" Back Books. 

Factories and Office 

BOTH PHONES-SS J^ gg ,^ ^j ^^^^^ g^^.^^^ 

ESTABLISHED 1839 ROCHESTER. N. Y. 



All the Luxuries of Modern Railway Travel 
Are Afforded by the Through Trains of the 

Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Ry. 

'Between 

ROCHESTER and PITTSBURG 



Day trains, equipped with CAFE-OBSERVATION PARLOR CARS (Meals served 

a-la-carte), leave ROCHESTER 7:30 A. M., week days; 8:15 A. M., Sundays; 

and night trains, with BUFFET SLEEPERS, at 9:15 P. M. daily. 



City Ticket Office, 35 Exchange St. Station, West Ave. and Oak St. 

ROCHESTER, N. Y. 

W. T. NOONAN. EDWARD C. LAPEY, 

General Superintendent General Passenger Agent 



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Foster-Armstrong Company 



C <j n t r o 1 s the 



Largest Piano Production in the World 

Haines Bros. 

Marshall & Wendell 

Foster & Co. 




Armstrong Piano Co. 

Haines & Co. Brewster Piano Co. 

J. B. Cook Piano Co. 



Made in Absolutely Fire-Proof Buildings Under 
Ideal Manufacturing Conditions 



Factories 



NEW YORK 



ROCHESTER, N. Y 

Wholesale Branches 
BOSTON CHICACiO 



SAN FRANCISCO 



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In THREE 
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Rochester'' s New Mercantile Establishment 

Vast and varied assortments of new merchandise rightly 
priced is the magnet that daily attracts thousands of 
thrifty shoppers. Are you one of them ? 
We particularly invite your inspection of our Spring 
showing of Cloaks and Suits. 

E. W. EDWARDS ^ SON 
132 to 142 Main St. East ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



A Smokeless Furnace 





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SIDE SECTION AND ELEVATION 



Puddington Fuel Economizer 

Supplementary Gas Fuel lor Perfecting the Smokeless Combustion of 
Coal m Hand Fired Furnaces 

Effects Complete Con.bustion of Waste Fuel Gases — Highest Possible Etficiency 

Entirely Automatic, Simple and Durable. 
Easily Applied to Any Type ot Boiler Furnace. 

A List i>{ Plants Equipped and Terms will be Supplied on Application 



THE PUDDINGTON FUEL ECONOMIZER CO. 

CLEVELAND, OHIO 

WRIGHT & ALEXANDER CO.. Rochester Ajients 



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Manulacturer and W h 
Dealer in 


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Boots, 


Shoes, Rubbers Of l:'mclmgs 




Rocnester, New 


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|S)^5^*^v,'fa TRUvST you will associate my face with the 
^j^- -===jiC^G making of Art Glass in leatl, zinc and cop- 
T)A I mA per finish. Leaded tjlass has many uses ; for 
VfV i _^ "^ ?W staircase windows, parlor, library and dininy; 
iS^fii)(i£K^:^^ room transoms, for entrances in the place of 
curtains or lace, for bathroom and lavatory instead of blinds 
or shades, bookcase, china closet doors and lamp shades. 
Prisms in throwing light into dark parts; also church win- 
dows Twelve years experience and constant growth, glass 
in 200 churches and 2000 homes. .Special water color sketches 
submitted upon receipt of sizes and particulars. All work 
warranted. Visitors welcome. Call, write or phone (Either 1207) 



Haskins & Co., ^^^,^^T.?^;> ^^ Rochester, N. Y. 



Barker Of Jordan 

brokers 



Home Phone — 5715 

428 and 430 Powers Building 



Bell Phone— 4017 Main 

Rocliester, N. Y. 



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Chas, Vocf.l, 
Prcfidcni. 



Kredk S. Rogers, 
Sec. and Treas. 



Theodore J. Vogel, 
Vice-Pres. and Supt. 



The John Siddons Company 

Roofin 



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STEEL CEILINGS 

COPPER AND GALVANIZED IRON CORNICE WORKS 



Nos. ()1, 63 and 65 North Water Street 
Rochester, N. Y. 







Paironize Your H(j.me Institution Beidre 
Insuring with Foreign Companies 






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Rocnester German Insurance 


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OFFICE 












Co.Ml'.AXY'S HUILDIXG, M.AIX STREET 


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CORNER IR^"1XG Pl.ACE 












statement. JANUARY 1. 1906 








Cash Capital ...... 

Reserve for Re-Insurance ----- 

Reserve for Unpaid Losses and other Liabilities 
NET SURPLUS - - - - 

Gross Assets . . - . 


- 


- 


$ 200,000.00 

892,943.49 

60,280.71 

528,408.60 


$1,681,632.80 






OFFICERS 










EUGENE SATTERLEE, President 
AI.BRECHT VOGT, Vice-President J. FLETCHER C.AMF 
H. F. ATVVOOD, Secretary H. R. MUTSCHLER. 


. .Asst. Secretary 
Aist. Secretary 



The "Powers Hotel 



ABSOLUTELY FIRE-PROOF. 

THE ONLY FIRST-CLASS HOTEL IN 

ROCHESTER. 








Remodeled, Redecorated 
and Refurnished through- 
out under the New Man- 
agement. 

Has now 350 Rooms 

(an addition of 125) 

with 200 Baths and 

Showers. 



EUROPEAN AND 

AMERICAN PLANS 



Cuisine and Service 
First-Class. 



MESSNER ^ SWENSON, Proprietors 



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Brown Brotkers Company 

Qlnuttu^utal Nurseries 

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK. U. S. A. 



A Complete Line o£ 



Fruit and Ornamental Trees 



HARDY FLOWERING 
SHRUBS, VINES, Etc. 



Landscape Work a Specialty 



NEW GROUNDS LAID OUT AND OLD ONES REMODELED 

Agents Wanted Everywhere 




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Furniture Movers 






Piano Movers 






Freight Deliverer 






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SAM GOTTRY CARTING COMPANY 






POWERS BUILDING, STATE STREET ENTRANCE 






Both Phones 











Telephones 



In 

Rochester 



ON MARCH 1. 1906 OUR SUBSCRIBERS 
STATIONS NUMBERED OVER 



9000 



Growing Rapidly ; Prompt Service'; Toll Lines Every- 
where ; Long Distance Connections to New York, Chicago, 
PHiladelaphia, Boston, Etc. 

BELL TELEPHONE CO, 



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Whipple s Housefurnishing Establishment 

Complete Furnishings 

K,^^^^^^^_^^_^^ tor the -^^^ 

Home and Office i 



Special Attention Given to the 

Furnishing of Hotels and Halls 



We lurnisn at a very small margin oi pront 
goods specially ordered. 

It will pront you to consult us if m need of 

anything irom a single piece to a 

complete outfit. 



This is the "Home of Whipple's Gold 
Bond Trading Stamps" 

Tnese stamps are the best co-operative advertising 
system in tnis vicinity. 

If interested drop a card, and our represent- 
ative will call and explain the value of these stamps. 

^^^^^_^______ Given by a Large Number ^ 

of Merchants in Rochester 

GEO. C. WHIPPLE CO. 

INCORPORATED 

136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 146, Main Street, West. Rochester, N. Y. 

A Minute Wiilk from the Center of the City 

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Insure with the 
OLD LINE 
STOCK 
COMPANIES 

REPRESENTED BY 



Milton 

Clark 

Co. 




MiLTUN Clark, Prfsident 



OVER 



$99,000,000.00 Assets 



Companies' Cash Assets 



New Hampshire Ins. Co. of N. H. 

Westchester Ins. Co. of N. Y. 

London and Lancashire Ins. Co. of England 

Hanover Ins. Co. of N. Y. 

American Ins. Co. of N. J. 

Williamsburgh City Ins. Co. of NY. 

Northern Assurance Co. of England 

German Ins. Co. of 111. 

Prussian National Ins. Co. of Germany 

Farmers Ins. Co. of Pa. 

Orient Ins. Co. of Conn. 

Assurance Co. of America 

Aetna Life Ins. Co. (Liability Department) 



$3,779 

3,300 

2,746. 

3,795, 

4,455, 

2,390, 

3,423, 

4,184, 

.930, 

824. 

2,110, 

608 

59,609, 



570.00 
,598.00 
,215.00 
,167.00 
,064.00 
,737.00 
,231.00 
360.00 
372.00 
252.00 
,911.00 
,395.00 
691,00 



Offices: 405, 407, 409, 411 Chamber of Commerce Bldg. 

Rochester, N. Y. 



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Sole Agents 


Pullman Mfg. 




For Inglenook Vineyards, California 


Company 




The Donoghue 
Importing Co. 


Hardware 






Specialties 




Importers and Whulesale 
Dealers in 


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JFines, Liquors . 


Rochester, N. Y. 




and Cordials 




U. S. A. 




237-239 Main Street, East 
Rochester, N. Y. 




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lectric 
Po\ver 



No department of Electrical 
Science has Advanced the art 
of manufacture in its many 
branches to the same extent 
as the introduction and de- 
velopment of Electric Motors 



Advice and suggestions 
on application 



Rochester Rail\\ ay and 
Light Co. 

24-40 Clinton Avenue North 



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\V. B. HLTHER 



A. E. HLTHER 



HUTHER BROS. 





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Ma n ufa ctur 


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Mnnufuctur,rs of 




Huther 


Bros. Patent Groover 




or Dado Head 





234 Mill St., Rochester, N. Y. 

TELEPHONE 2002 



C. IV. Trotter 
& Sons 



Refrigerators 



FURNACES 
<^ RANGES 



7 EAST AVENU 

Rochester, N. Y. 



ESTABLISHED 1855 




The C. B. Woodworth Sons Co. 

Manufacturers of 

Fine Perfumes and Toilet Articles 



VIOLETS OF SICILY 



BLUE LILIES 



NINA VIOLET VIOLETS OF SICILY 

TALCUM POWDER RICE POWDER 

ARABIAN BOUQUET ROSES OF SICILY 

Imperishable Perfumes 




Ixocliester Irust Of Daie Deposit Co. 

Corner Main and Exchange Streets 

OLDEST & LARGEST TRUST COMPANY IN THE 
STATE OUTSIDE OF GREATER NEW YORK 




Capital 

$200,000 



Surplus 

$1,000,000 



Resources 

$20,000,000 



Legal Depository for Court and Trust Funds. 

Authorized to act as Executor, Administrator, Guardian and Trustee. 

Safes Rented. Burglar Proof Vaults. 

INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS 



OFFICERS 



President 

Vice-Presidents 

Secretary 
Asst. Secretary 



.1. MoREAu Smith 
\ George Ei.lw anger 
( Wm. C. Barry 

V. MoRE.\u Smith 
Rout. C W.\tson 



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Scrantom, Wetmore & Co, 




CRANTOM, WETMORE & CO., established in 1868 
^ have grown with the growth of Rochester until to-day the 

firm controls the largest and most complete Book and 
Stationery Establishment between New York and Chicago 
occupying more than 17,000 square feet of space. The 
concern also does a large and constantly growing whole- 
sale business. Located in the heart of Rochester's business 
district in the Powers Building, with entrances on both 
Main and State Streets, it forms an arcade daily taken 
advantage of by hundreds of visitors and residents of the Flower City. 
Besides the complete Book Section there are departments of Sta- 
tionery, Leather Goods, Pictures and Frames, School Supplies, Office 
Supplies, Games and Sporting Goods, presided over by competent men 
and women. 

The firm also operates a plant of its own for the production of 
Society and Commercial Engraving, the output being second to none 
in quality, taste and workmanship. 

Scrantom, Wetmore & Co., also conduct a Reading Club Library 
which is to-day the most up-to-date and satisfactory Circulating Library 
in Rochester for the reasons that there are no membership dues ; no 
one is compelled to buy a book or make a deposit ; new books are 
added as soon as published and none but capable librarians are em- 
ployed : while remarkable as it may seem, the cost of this fine library 
to the user does not exceed two cents per day. 

Scrantom, Wetmore & Co., also take subscriptions for any publi- 
cation issued in the United States or foreign countries at the best rates 
and will save money to anybody patronizing them. 

In a word, Scrantom, Wetmore & Co., have the confidence of 
the public because they do exactly as they agree. They continue 
to make new friends while retaining their old ones, because it has 
always been the policy of the house to perfectly satisfy everybody 
honoring them with their custom. If a new or old book is wanted 
and it is not in stock, it will, if possible, be found and delivered at 
the lowest price obtainable. Painstaking, courteous and honest en- 
deavor has made this house worthy of the success which has so gen- 
erously followed it from its beginning. 



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THE NATIONAL BANK OF ROCHESTER 
HAS A CAPITAL OF $800,000-00- A 
SURPLUS OF $800,000-00 AND DE- 
POSITS EXCEEDING $8,000,000-00- IT 
OFFERS INDIVIDUALS, FIRMS, AND 
CORPORATIONS EVERY FACILITY AND 
ACCOMMODATION CONSISTENT WITH 
SOUND BANKING. INTEREST IS PAID 
UPON SPECIAL ACCOUNTS- 



OFFICERS 



Eugene Satterlee, president 
Walter B. Duffy, vice-presidi 

AlSRECHT VOGT, Vice-Presideni 



Edward Bausch, vice-president 
Peter A. Va>, asst cashier 
William B. Farnham, asst cash 



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WEIS & FISHER CO 



Housekold Outfitters 




50-54 State Street 



445 Clinton Ave., North 



ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 

U. S. A. 



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Merchants Bank 

or Rocnester 
MAIN ST. EAST, COR. SOUTH AVE. 



Capital and Surplus, $230,000 Resources, $2,750,000 



A convenient bank in the heart of the retail district. 
We guarantee courteous treatment and give special attention to the needs of oui" customers. 




Officers 

PERCY R. McPHAIL. President THOMAS J. DEVINE. Vice-President 

JOHN C. RODENBECK, Cashier GEORGE WELDON, Vice-President 

Directors 

George W. Archer V. F. Whitmore Nathan Levi 

Thomas J. Devine George Weldon Adolph Spiehler 

William N. Cogswell George H. Perkins P. R. McPhail 

V. Moreau Smith Frank A. Ward 



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The Wisner Building 



THE HOME OF 



Fine Chin 



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Rare indeed is our collection of 
Sterling Silver, Cut Glass, French 
Bronzes, Italian Marbles, German 
Hall Clocks, Brie -a- Brae, Lamps, 
Limoges China Dinnerware, Russian 
Brass Goods, English Plates, Etc., Etc. 




A View 111 Our Salesrooms 



Henry C. Wisner Company 

State and Church Streets. Rochester, N. Y. 



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An Experienced and Capable Management 

Fortified by the judgment and active direction of 
well-known and successful business men, vouches for 

The National Bank of Commerce 



34 STATE STREET 




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Capital 

$500,000 

Surplus 
$50,000 



I'he Accounts of Individ- 
uals, Corporations and 
Institutions Respect- 
fully Solicited 



4% 



Paid on 
Interest 
Accounts 



Banking Hours 
9:30 A. M. to 4 P. M. 



priv 



Ladies' Department 

Every facility is offered the ladies to transact their banking business. Pleasant 
ate offices and obliging clerks to attend their wants. 



ROBERT M. MYERS. President 
WILLIAM nEININGER. Vice Presfilent 



OFFICERS 

WILLIAM H. nUNN. \'icePresident 

THOMAS. J. SWANTOX. \'ice-Presicient and Cashi 

DIRECTORS 



iam Deinineer Charles F. Garfield Thomas J. Swanton Henry B. Hathaway Marion F. Van Buskirk 

iani H. Dunn Robert M. Myers Frank A. Brownell William S. Hale Martin E. Wollf 

Ik A. Maselli James D. Casey Albert J. Bolton Loren D. Eldredge Grit! D. Palmer 

Lowenthal Joseph W. Pressey William E. Dugan Frank .\. Kelly 



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Mandeville & King Company 
Commission Seedsmen 

FLOWER SEEDS 
EXCLUSIVELY 




Office and Warerooms : 



187 Main St. East 



Rochester, N. Y. 



McGREAL BROTHERS CO 




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Importers and 
Jobbers 



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iquors 

ana 

Brandies 



457-459 Main Street East 

ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



25 North Street 



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Absolute 



Security ! 



"DEAL PROSPERITY ol tKe individual depends not so mucH 
on what He makes as on what he saves. There is no reason- 
able excuse why a well-paid wage earner should be just even with 
the world financially, especially during such prosperous times as the 
present. Many persons have had deluded ideas to the effect that 
wealth is accumulated rapidly; this is erroneous, as m practically 
all cases it is a slow process and financial independence is attained 
only by saving. The subject of thrift and economy with the people 
generally is a very important one. 

When a well regulated institution, such as the East Side 
Savings Bank, offers to depositors sound banking facilities, it is 
safe to say that there is no better investment than an account with 
such a concern. In our city this bank is known as a thoroughly 
reliable banking house and the officers and trustees from president 
down have always been willing to aid in any movement tending 
to further the interests of the wage earners generally. 

We respectfully invite your business. One dollar will start 
an account. Open every Monday and Saturday evenings from 
7 to 9 o clock to receive deposits. 



The East Side Savings Bank 

COR. MAIN AND CLINTON STS. 



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F. Schwikert & Son 

M A M ■ I'ACir K 1':K S ( )I'" 

BILLIARDS AND POOL TABLES, 




ROCHESTER, N.Y. 



1 49 South Ave. 

Cor. Court St. 

FOR over forty years I have been en- 
gaged in the manufacture of Bil- 
liard and Pool Tables, which to-day 
enables me to produce the best tables 
in the market, and at prices never 
before offered. The Schwikert Cushion 
is QUICK and LONG LASTING, mak- 
ing it one of the most desirable 
cushions ever placed before the public. 
Its excellence is attested by the fact 
that it has been placed upon tables 
now in use in all of the principal hotel 
and club billiard rooms in Rochester. 

F. Schwikert c^ Son 

149 South Avenue Corner Court Street 



Do YOU Belong 

to the 

Chamber of 
Commerce? 

If not, 

WHY Not? 




ESTABLISHED 1854 

JEFFREYS 
Bntitrtabcrs 

33 CHESTNUT ST. 
Rochester, N. Y. 



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PRESS OF 

INION AND ADVERTISER CO. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



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